eroso

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈro.zo/, [eˈr̺oːz̪o]
  • Hyphenation: e‧ró‧so

Etymology 1

Past participle of erodere.

Participle

eroso m (feminine singular erosa, masculine plural erosi, feminine plural erose)

  1. past participle of erodere

Adjective

eroso (feminine singular erosa, masculine plural erosi, feminine plural erose)

  1. eroded

Etymology 2

From Latin aerōsus (full of copper), derived from aes (copper; bronze; brass).

Adjective

eroso (feminine singular erosa, masculine plural erosi, feminine plural erose)

  1. (literary, of coins) containing copper
    • 1804, Cesare Beccaria, “Parte quarta, Capitolo II. “Della moneta” [Fourth part, Chapter 2: “Of the coin”]”, in Elementi di economia pubblica [Elements of Public Economics], collected in Opere di Cesare Beccaria – volume secondo, Milan: Società tipografica dei classici italiani, published 1822, page 271:
      monete [] miste di molto rame e di pochissimo argento, e tali monete furono chiamate monete erose nel linguaggio economico
      Coins with much copper and very little silver, and such coins were dubbed “coppery coins” in the argot of economics

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Latin

Participle

ērōsō

  1. dative masculine singular of ērōsus
  2. dative neuter singular of ērōsus
  3. ablative masculine singular of ērōsus
  4. ablative neuter singular of ērōsus
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