formosus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From fōrma (“shape, beauty”) +‎ -ōsus (“full of”).

Compare typologically Proto-Slavic *lěpъ (< *lěpiti) (Russian ле́пый (lépyj), лепи́ть (lepítʹ)). Also compare Greek όμορφος (ómorfos) < Ancient Greek εὔμορφος (eúmorphos) < εὖ (eû) + μορφή (morphḗ) (with the second element of the Greek term, for the first element see Latin bellus).

Pronunciation

Adjective

fōrmōsus (feminine fōrmōsa, neuter fōrmōsum, comparative fōrmōsior, superlative fōrmōsissimus, adverb fōrmōsē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. beautiful, handsome
  2. aesthetic, well-formed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative fōrmōsus fōrmōsa fōrmōsum fōrmōsī fōrmōsae fōrmōsa
genitive fōrmōsī fōrmōsae fōrmōsī fōrmōsōrum fōrmōsārum fōrmōsōrum
dative fōrmōsō fōrmōsae fōrmōsō fōrmōsīs
accusative fōrmōsum fōrmōsam fōrmōsum fōrmōsōs fōrmōsās fōrmōsa
ablative fōrmōsō fōrmōsā fōrmōsō fōrmōsīs
vocative fōrmōse fōrmōsa fōrmōsum fōrmōsī fōrmōsae fōrmōsa

Descendants

  • Borrowed:
    • → Asturian: formosu
    • → English: formous
    • → Middle French: formeux
    • →? Old Occitan: formos
    • → Portuguese: formoso
    • → Portuguese: Ilha Formosa
      • → Dutch: Eilandt Formosa / Eylant Formosa / Eiland Formosa (partial calque)
      • → French: Île Formose (partial calque)
      • → German: Insel Formosa (partial calque)
      • → Spanish: Ysla Hermosa / Isla Hermosa (obsolete) (semantic loan)
      • → Spanish: Isla Formosa (partial calque)
  • Inherited:

References

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