viscosus
Latin
Etymology
From viscum (“mistletoe, birdlime”) + -ōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɪsˈkoː.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [visˈkɔː.s̬us]
Adjective
viscōsus (feminine viscōsa, neuter viscōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Late Latin) full of birdlime, viscous, sticky
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | viscōsus | viscōsa | viscōsum | viscōsī | viscōsae | viscōsa | |
| genitive | viscōsī | viscōsae | viscōsī | viscōsōrum | viscōsārum | viscōsōrum | |
| dative | viscōsō | viscōsae | viscōsō | viscōsīs | |||
| accusative | viscōsum | viscōsam | viscōsum | viscōsōs | viscōsās | viscōsa | |
| ablative | viscōsō | viscōsā | viscōsō | viscōsīs | |||
| vocative | viscōse | viscōsa | viscōsum | viscōsī | viscōsae | viscōsa | |
Descendants
References
- “viscosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "viscosus", 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)
- viscosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- L&S