fruticosus

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fruticosus.

Adjective

fruticosus

  1. (botany) fruticose; used in taxonomic names for organisms

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From frutex (“bush, shrub”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fruticōsus (feminine fruticōsa, neuter fruticōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (botany) bushy, shrubby; fruticose
    Synonyms: frutescens, fruticans

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative fruticōsus fruticōsa fruticōsum fruticōsī fruticōsae fruticōsa
genitive fruticōsī fruticōsae fruticōsī fruticōsōrum fruticōsārum fruticōsōrum
dative fruticōsō fruticōsae fruticōsō fruticōsīs
accusative fruticōsum fruticōsam fruticōsum fruticōsōs fruticōsās fruticōsa
ablative fruticōsō fruticōsā fruticōsō fruticōsīs
vocative fruticōse fruticōsa fruticōsum fruticōsī fruticōsae fruticōsa

Derived terms

  • fruticulosus

Descendants

  • → English: fruticose
  • → French: frutiqueux
  • → Italian: fruticoso
  • → Portuguese: fruticoso
  • → Spanish: fruticoso
  • → Translingual: fruticosus

References

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