brumosus
Latin
    
    Etymology
    
From brūma + -ōsus. Brūma is derived from brevima, brevissima (“shortest”), the superlative of brevis (“brief; short”) (the winter solstice being the shortest day of the year), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“brief, short”).
Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /bruːˈmoː.sus/, [bruːˈmoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bruˈmo.sus/, [bruˈmɔːs̬us]
Adjective
    
brūmōsus (feminine brūmōsa, neuter brūmōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Late Latin) wintry
- ca. 690, Aldhelm, Epistulae 5, (as quoted in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources):- ex Hiberniae brumosis circionis insulae climatibus- from the wintry climate of the Irish northwestern island
 
 
- ex Hiberniae brumosis circionis insulae climatibus
 
- (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) Alternative form of brōmōsus; stinking, fetid, foul-smelling
- author lived 344/345–411 CE, Tyrannius Rufinus, De Vitis Patrum 3, (as quoted in the Du Cange dictionary):- Et cum fœteret brumosa aqua odore, non permittebat, ut aliam aquam mutarent.- And although the foul water smelled bad, he didn't allow others to change the water.
 
 
- Et cum fœteret brumosa aqua odore, non permittebat, ut aliam aquam mutarent.
- 1544, ?, Aesculapius: de morborum ... cura liber experimentarius medicinae , (Strasbourg: published by John Schottum):- ructant melancholici frequenter calidum, brumosum, fumosum.- The melancholic [i.e. those with excessive black bile] often belch something hot, foul-smelling, smoky.
 
 
- ructant melancholici frequenter calidum, brumosum, fumosum.
 
Declension
    
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | brūmōsus | brūmōsa | brūmōsum | brūmōsī | brūmōsae | brūmōsa | |
| Genitive | brūmōsī | brūmōsae | brūmōsī | brūmōsōrum | brūmōsārum | brūmōsōrum | |
| Dative | brūmōsō | brūmōsō | brūmōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | brūmōsum | brūmōsam | brūmōsum | brūmōsōs | brūmōsās | brūmōsa | |
| Ablative | brūmōsō | brūmōsā | brūmōsō | brūmōsīs | |||
| Vocative | brūmōse | brūmōsa | brūmōsum | brūmōsī | brūmōsae | brūmōsa | |
Descendants
    
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