calumniosus

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Latin

Etymology

From calumnia (artifice) +‎ -ōsus (full of).

Pronunciation

Adjective

calumniōsus (feminine calumniōsa, neuter calumniōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Late Latin) full of tricks and artifices, swindling

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

References

  • calumniosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • calumniosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • calumniosus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung