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Latin
Etymology
From annus (“year”) + -ōsus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
annōsus (feminine annōsa, neuter annōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- full of years, old, aged
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 2.571:
- ecce anus in mediīs residēns annōsa puellīs
- Behold an old woman, full of years, sitting among girls.
(A year is an annus; an elderly woman an anus; and here Ovid's rhythmic word-play doubly describes her as being elderly indeed: anus annōsa – an old woman ‘‘long-lived’’ or ‘‘full of years.’’ The position of the word annōsa next to puellīs – that is to say, girls who are ‘‘few of years’’ – emphasizes their contrasting ages and appearance.)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “annosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “annosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- annosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- annosus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016