strigosus

Latin

Etymology

From striga (“furrow, strip”) +‎ -ōsus (“full of”), referring to the hollow grooves between the ribs that appear in lean bodies.

Pronunciation

Adjective

strigōsus (feminine strigōsa, neuter strigōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. lean, meagre
    • c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 4.20.11:
      equum nimis strigōsum et male habitum, sed equitem eius ūberrimum et habitissimum vīdērunt
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative strigōsus strigōsa strigōsum strigōsī strigōsae strigōsa
genitive strigōsī strigōsae strigōsī strigōsōrum strigōsārum strigōsōrum
dative strigōsō strigōsae strigōsō strigōsīs
accusative strigōsum strigōsam strigōsum strigōsōs strigōsās strigōsa
ablative strigōsō strigōsā strigōsō strigōsīs
vocative strigōse strigōsa strigōsum strigōsī strigōsae strigōsa

References

  • “strigosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “strigosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • strigosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • strigosus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
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