petrosus

Latin

Etymology

From petra (“rock, crag, stone”) +‎ -ōsus (“-ous”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /peˈtroː.sus/, [pɛˈt̪roːs̠ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈtro.sus/, [peˈt̪rɔːs̬us]

Adjective

petrōsus (feminine petrōsa, neuter petrōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. full of rocks, rocky

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative petrōsus petrōsa petrōsum petrōsī petrōsae petrōsa
Genitive petrōsī petrōsae petrōsī petrōsōrum petrōsārum petrōsōrum
Dative petrōsō petrōsō petrōsīs
Accusative petrōsum petrōsam petrōsum petrōsōs petrōsās petrōsa
Ablative petrōsō petrōsā petrōsō petrōsīs
Vocative petrōse petrōsa petrōsum petrōsī petrōsae petrōsa

Derived terms

Descendants
Descendants of petrosus in other languages

References
  • “petrosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • petrosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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