villosus

Latin

Etymology

From villus (“hair”) + -ōsus (“full of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯ilˈloː.sus/, [u̯ɪlˈlʲoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vilˈlo.sus/, [vilˈlɔːs̬us]

Adjective

villōsus (feminine villōsa, neuter villōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. hairy, shaggy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	villōsus	villōsa	villōsum		villōsī	villōsae	villōsa
Genitive	villōsī	villōsae	villōsī		villōsōrum	villōsārum	villōsōrum
Dative	villōsō		villōsō		villōsīs
Accusative	villōsum	villōsam	villōsum		villōsōs	villōsās	villōsa
Ablative	villōsō	villōsā	villōsō		villōsīs
Vocative	villōse	villōsa	villōsum		villōsī	villōsae	villōsa

Related terms

• villus

Descendants

• English: villous, fluff (possibly)
• French: villeux, velu, velouté
• Italian: velloso, villoso
• Portuguese: veloso, viloso

• Old Occitan: velos, veluet
  • English: velvet
  • Old French: velos, velor
    • French: velours
• Spanish: velloso

References

• “villosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “villosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• villosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.