torosus

Latin

Etymology

From torus (“muscle, flesh”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /toˈroː.sus/, [t̪ɔˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /toˈro.sus/, [t̪oˈrɔːs̬us]

Adjective

torōsus (feminine torōsa, neuter torōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. muscular, brawny, fleshy
  2. (figuratively) fleshy (e.g., of a plant)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative torōsus torōsa torōsum torōsī torōsae torōsa
Genitive torōsī torōsae torōsī torōsōrum torōsārum torōsōrum
Dative torōsō torōsō torōsīs
Accusative torōsum torōsam torōsum torōsōs torōsās torōsa
Ablative torōsō torōsā torōsō torōsīs
Vocative torōse torōsa torōsum torōsī torōsae torōsa

Descendants
  • English: torose
  • Italian: toroso
  • Portuguese: toroso
  • Spanish: toroso

References
  • “torosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “torosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • torosus 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)
  • torosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • torosus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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