febriculosus

Latin

Etymology

febrīcula (“little fever”) +‎ -ōsus (“full of”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

febrīculōsus (feminine febrīculōsa, neuter febrīculōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. feverish, febrile
    • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 6.4–5:
      verum nescio quid febriculosi
      scorti diligis: hoc pudet fateri.
      But some enfevered jade, I wot-not-what,
      Some piece thou lovest, blushing this to own.
    • c. 203 BCE, Plautus, Cistellaria 2.1.134:
      non quasi nunc haec sunt hic, limaces, lividae,
      febriculosae, miserae amicae, osseae
      not as now these are here, slimy, spiteful,
      feverish, miserable friends, bony

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative febrīculōsus febrīculōsa febrīculōsum febrīculōsī febrīculōsae febrīculōsa
genitive febrīculōsī febrīculōsae febrīculōsī febrīculōsōrum febrīculōsārum febrīculōsōrum
dative febrīculōsō febrīculōsae febrīculōsō febrīculōsīs
accusative febrīculōsum febrīculōsam febrīculōsum febrīculōsōs febrīculōsās febrīculōsa
ablative febrīculōsō febrīculōsā febrīculōsō febrīculōsīs
vocative febrīculōse febrīculōsa febrīculōsum febrīculōsī febrīculōsae febrīculōsa

References

  • “febriculosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “febriculosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • febriculosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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