monstruosus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From mōnstrum (“portent, monstrosity”) + -ōsus (“full of”, suffix forming an augmentative adjective).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mon.struˈoː.sus/, [mõː.strʊˈoː.sʊs]
Adjective
mōnstruōsus (feminine mōnstruōsa, neuter mōnstruōsum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | mōnstruōsus | mōnstruōsa | mōnstruōsum | mōnstruōsī | mōnstruōsae | mōnstruōsa | |
Genitive | mōnstruōsī | mōnstruōsae | mōnstruōsī | mōnstruōsōrum | mōnstruōsārum | mōnstruōsōrum | |
Dative | mōnstruōsō | mōnstruōsae | mōnstruōsō | mōnstruōsīs | mōnstruōsīs | mōnstruōsīs | |
Accusative | mōnstruōsum | mōnstruōsam | mōnstruōsum | mōnstruōsōs | mōnstruōsās | mōnstruōsa | |
Ablative | mōnstruōsō | mōnstruōsā | mōnstruōsō | mōnstruōsīs | mōnstruōsīs | mōnstruōsīs | |
Vocative | mōnstruōse | mōnstruōsa | mōnstruōsum | mōnstruōsī | mōnstruōsae | mōnstruōsa |
Descendants
- English: monstrous
- French: monstrueux
- Italian: mostruoso
References
- monstruosus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- monstruosus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- monstruosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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