alsiosus

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Latin

Etymology

From alsius (chilly, cold, cool) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

alsiōsus (feminine alsiōsa, neuter alsiōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1.  easily freezing, susceptible to cold
    • 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Agricultural Topics 2.3.6:
      Stabulatur pecus melius, ad hibernos exortos si spectat, quod est alsiosum.
      It is better to have the goat stalls face the sunrise in winter, as the animals feel the cold acutely.

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

References

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