petrosus

Latin

Etymology

From petra (“rock, crag, stone”) +‎ -ōsus (“-ous”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

petrōsus (feminine petrōsa, neuter petrōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. full of rocks, rocky

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative petrōsus petrōsa petrōsum petrōsī petrōsae petrōsa
genitive petrōsī petrōsae petrōsī petrōsōrum petrōsārum petrōsōrum
dative petrōsō petrōsae petrōsō petrōsīs
accusative petrōsum petrōsam petrōsum petrōsōs petrōsās petrōsa
ablative petrōsō petrōsā petrōsō petrōsīs
vocative petrōse petrōsa petrōsum petrōsī petrōsae petrōsa

Derived terms

Descendants

Descendants
  • Aromanian: chitros
  • Asturian: pedrosu
  • Catalan: pedrós, petrós
  • English: petrosal, petrous
  • French: pétreux, pierreux
  • Galician: pedroso
  • Italian: petroso, pietroso
  • Occitan: peirós
  • Portuguese: pedroso, petroso
  • Romanian: pietros
  • Sicilian: pitrusu
  • Spanish: pedroso, petroso

References

  • “petrosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • petrosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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