limosus

Latin

Etymology

From līmus (“mud, slime”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /liːˈmoː.sus/, [lʲiːˈmoːs̠ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /liˈmo.sus/, [liˈmɔːs̬us]

Adjective

līmōsus (feminine līmōsa, neuter līmōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. miry, muddy, marshy, slimy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative līmōsus līmōsa līmōsum līmōsī līmōsae līmōsa
Genitive līmōsī līmōsae līmōsī līmōsōrum līmōsārum līmōsōrum
Dative līmōsō līmōsō līmōsīs
Accusative līmōsum līmōsam līmōsum līmōsōs līmōsās līmōsa
Ablative līmōsō līmōsā līmōsō līmōsīs
Vocative līmōse līmōsa līmōsum līmōsī līmōsae līmōsa

Descendants
  • Italian: limoso
  • Portuguese: limoso
  • Romanian: imos
  • Spanish: limoso

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