facinorosus
Latin
Etymology
From facinus, facinoris (“crime, wickedness”) + -ōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fa.kɪ.nɔˈroː.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fa.t͡ʃi.noˈrɔː.s̬us]
Adjective
facinorōsus (feminine facinorōsa, neuter facinorōsum, comparative facinorōsior, superlative facinorōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- criminal, villainous
- Synonyms: vitiōsus, scelerātus, scelestus, malus
- 1766, Clement XIII, Christianae Reipublicae salus, quoted in 1832 by Gregory XVI in Mirari Vos
- […] nunquam enim materia subtrahetur erroris, nisi pravitatis facinorosa elementa in flammis combusta depereant.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- atrocious, vicious
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | facinorōsus | facinorōsa | facinorōsum | facinorōsī | facinorōsae | facinorōsa | |
| genitive | facinorōsī | facinorōsae | facinorōsī | facinorōsōrum | facinorōsārum | facinorōsōrum | |
| dative | facinorōsō | facinorōsae | facinorōsō | facinorōsīs | |||
| accusative | facinorōsum | facinorōsam | facinorōsum | facinorōsōs | facinorōsās | facinorōsa | |
| ablative | facinorōsō | facinorōsā | facinorōsō | facinorōsīs | |||
| vocative | facinorōse | facinorōsa | facinorōsum | facinorōsī | facinorōsae | facinorōsa | |
Descendants
- → English: facinorous
- → Portuguese: facinoroso
References
- “facinorosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “facinorosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- facinorosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.