anfractuosus

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Latin

Etymology

ānfrāctus (“bend; circuitous route”) +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

Adjective

ānfrāctuōsus (feminine ānfrāctuōsa, neuter ānfrāctuōsum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

  1. circuitous, roundabout
  2. prolix, excessively wordy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ānfrāctuōsus ānfrāctuōsa ānfrāctuōsum ānfrāctuōsī ānfrāctuōsae ānfrāctuōsa
genitive ānfrāctuōsī ānfrāctuōsae ānfrāctuōsī ānfrāctuōsōrum ānfrāctuōsārum ānfrāctuōsōrum
dative ānfrāctuōsō ānfrāctuōsae ānfrāctuōsō ānfrāctuōsīs
accusative ānfrāctuōsum ānfrāctuōsam ānfrāctuōsum ānfrāctuōsōs ānfrāctuōsās ānfrāctuōsa
ablative ānfrāctuōsō ānfrāctuōsā ānfrāctuōsō ānfrāctuōsīs
vocative ānfrāctuōse ānfrāctuōsa ānfrāctuōsum ānfrāctuōsī ānfrāctuōsae ānfrāctuōsa

References

  • “anfractuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “anfractuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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