alsius

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See also: Alsius

Latin

Etymology 1

From algeō (“to feel cold”) +‎ -ius (adjectival suffix).

Alternative forms

alsus

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.si.us/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.si.us/,

Adjective

alsius (feminine alsia, neuter alsium); first/second-declension adjective

chilly, cold, cool
- c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 5.1015
- 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 4.8.1
- c. 60 BCE – 54 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem 3.1

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular				plural
nominative	alsius	alsia	alsium		alsiī	alsiae	alsia
genitive	alsiī	alsiae	alsiī		alsiōrum	alsiārum	alsiōrum
dative	alsiō	alsiae	alsiō		alsiīs
accusative	alsium	alsiam	alsium		alsiōs	alsiās	alsia
ablative	alsiō	alsiā	alsiō		alsiīs
vocative	alsie	alsia	alsium		alsiī	alsiae	alsia

Derived terms

alsiōsus

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.si.us/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.si.us/,

Adjective

alsius

nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular comparative degree of alsus

References

“alsius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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