caliginosus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cālīgō (“fog; darkness”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cālīginōsus (feminine cālīginōsa, neuter cālīginōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. full of mist, covered with mist, misty, foggy; cloudy
  2. (by extension) dark, obscure, gloomy
  3. (figuratively) uncertain, dark, obscure

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative cālīginōsus cālīginōsa cālīginōsum cālīginōsī cālīginōsae cālīginōsa
genitive cālīginōsī cālīginōsae cālīginōsī cālīginōsōrum cālīginōsārum cālīginōsōrum
dative cālīginōsō cālīginōsae cālīginōsō cālīginōsīs
accusative cālīginōsum cālīginōsam cālīginōsum cālīginōsōs cālīginōsās cālīginōsa
ablative cālīginōsō cālīginōsā cālīginōsō cālīginōsīs
vocative cālīginōse cālīginōsa cālīginōsum cālīginōsī cālīginōsae cālīginōsa

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References

  • “caliginosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “caliginosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caliginosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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