virtuosus

Latin

Etymology

Found in Late Latin. From virtūs + -osus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯ir.tuˈoː.sus/, [u̯ɪrt̪uˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vir.tuˈo.sus/, [virt̪uˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

virtuōsus (feminine virtuōsa, neuter virtuōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. good, virtuous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	virtuōsus	virtuōsa	virtuōsum		virtuōsī	virtuōsae	virtuōsa
Genitive	virtuōsī	virtuōsae	virtuōsī		virtuōsōrum	virtuōsārum	virtuōsōrum
Dative	virtuōsō		virtuōsō		virtuōsīs
Accusative	virtuōsum	virtuōsam	virtuōsum		virtuōsōs	virtuōsās	virtuōsa
Ablative	virtuōsō	virtuōsā	virtuōsō		virtuōsīs
Vocative	virtuōse	virtuōsa	virtuōsum		virtuōsī	virtuōsae	virtuōsa

Descendants

• Aromanian: vãrtos
• English: virtuous
• Catalan: virtuós
• French: vertueux
• Italian: virtuoso

• Portuguese: virtuoso
• Romanian: vârtos, virtuos
• Russian: виртуозный (virtuoznyj)
• Spanish: virtuoso

References

• “virtuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• virtuosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• virtuosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.