venosus

Latin

Etymology

From vēna (“a blood vessel, vein”) +‎ -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

vēnōsus (feminine vēnōsa, neuter vēnōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (literal) full of veins, veiny, venous
  2. (figurative) dry, meagre

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative vēnōsus vēnōsa vēnōsum vēnōsī vēnōsae vēnōsa
genitive vēnōsī vēnōsae vēnōsī vēnōsōrum vēnōsārum vēnōsōrum
dative vēnōsō vēnōsae vēnōsō vēnōsīs
accusative vēnōsum vēnōsam vēnōsum vēnōsōs vēnōsās vēnōsa
ablative vēnōsō vēnōsā vēnōsō vēnōsīs
vocative vēnōse vēnōsa vēnōsum vēnōsī vēnōsae vēnōsa

Descendants

Descendants
  • Aromanian: vinos, vinosu
  • → English: venous, venose
  • → Italian: venoso
  • → Portuguese: venoso
  • Romanian: vânos
  • → Sardinian: venosu, benosu
  • → Spanish: venoso

References

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