fascinosus
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fas.kɪˈnoː.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [faʃ.ʃiˈnɔː.s̬us]
Adjective
fascinōsus (feminine fascinōsa, neuter fascinōsum, comparative fascinōsior); first/second-declension adjective
- (vulgar) well-endowed, having a large penis
- 1st century CE, anonymous, Carmina Priapea 79:
- Priāpe, quod sīs fascinō gravis tentō,
quod exprobrāvit hanc tibi suō versū
poēta noster, ērubēscere hōc nōlī:
nōn es poētā fascinōsior nostrō.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Priāpe, quod sīs fascinō gravis tentō,
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | fascinōsus | fascinōsa | fascinōsum | fascinōsī | fascinōsae | fascinōsa | |
| genitive | fascinōsī | fascinōsae | fascinōsī | fascinōsōrum | fascinōsārum | fascinōsōrum | |
| dative | fascinōsō | fascinōsae | fascinōsō | fascinōsīs | |||
| accusative | fascinōsum | fascinōsam | fascinōsum | fascinōsōs | fascinōsās | fascinōsa | |
| ablative | fascinōsō | fascinōsā | fascinōsō | fascinōsīs | |||
| vocative | fascinōse | fascinōsa | fascinōsum | fascinōsī | fascinōsae | fascinōsa | |
References
- fascinosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- fascinosus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “fascinosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press