frontosus

Latin

Etymology

From frons (“forehead”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

frontōsus (feminine frontōsa, neuter frontōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (of Janus) having multiple foreheads
  2. (figuratively) shameless, bold, foreward

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative frontōsus frontōsa frontōsum frontōsī frontōsae frontōsa
genitive frontōsī frontōsae frontōsī frontōsōrum frontōsārum frontōsōrum
dative frontōsō frontōsae frontōsō frontōsīs
accusative frontōsum frontōsam frontōsum frontōsōs frontōsās frontōsa
ablative frontōsō frontōsā frontōsō frontōsīs
vocative frontōse frontōsa frontōsum frontōsī frontōsae frontōsa

References

  • “frontosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "frontosus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • frontosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • frontosus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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