officiosus

Latin

Etymology

From officium.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /of.fi.kiˈoː.sus/, [ɔf.fɪ.kɪˈoː.sʊs]

Adjective

officiōsus (feminine officiōsa, neuter officiōsum); first/second declension

  1. attentive, dutiful, obliging
  2. officious

Declension

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative officiōsus officiōsa officiōsum officiōsī officiōsae officiōsa
Genitive officiōsī officiōsae officiōsī officiōsōrum officiōsārum officiōsōrum
Dative officiōsō officiōsae officiōsō officiōsīs officiōsīs officiōsīs
Accusative officiōsum officiōsam officiōsum officiōsōs officiōsās officiōsa
Ablative officiōsō officiōsā officiōsō officiōsīs officiōsīs officiōsīs
Vocative officiōse officiōsa officiōsum officiōsī officiōsae officiōsa

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • officiosus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • officiosus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • officiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be courteous, obliging to some one: officiosum esse in aliquem
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