nivosus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from the oblique stem niv- of nix (“snow”) + -ōsus (“-ous”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /niˈu̯oː.sus/, [niˈu̯oːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /niˈvo.sus/, [niˈvɔːs̬us]
Adjective
[edit]nivōsus (feminine nivōsa, neuter nivōsum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | nivōsus | nivōsa | nivōsum | nivōsī | nivōsae | nivōsa | |
| genitive | nivōsī | nivōsae | nivōsī | nivōsōrum | nivōsārum | nivōsōrum | |
| dative | nivōsō | nivōsae | nivōsō | nivōsīs | |||
| accusative | nivōsum | nivōsam | nivōsum | nivōsōs | nivōsās | nivōsa | |
| ablative | nivōsō | nivōsā | nivōsō | nivōsīs | |||
| vocative | nivōse | nivōsa | nivōsum | nivōsī | nivōsae | nivōsa | |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “nivosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nivosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nivosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.