cerosus

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See also: cerošus

Latin

Etymology

From cēra +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cērōsus (feminine cērōsa, neuter cērōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. full of wax; waxy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative cērōsus cērōsa cērōsum cērōsī cērōsae cērōsa
genitive cērōsī cērōsae cērōsī cērōsōrum cērōsārum cērōsōrum
dative cērōsō cērōsae cērōsō cērōsīs
accusative cērōsum cērōsam cērōsum cērōsōs cērōsās cērōsa
ablative cērōsō cērōsā cērōsō cērōsīs
vocative cērōse cērōsa cērōsum cērōsī cērōsae cērōsa

Descendants

  • Catalan: cerós
  • Franco-Provençal: cirox
  • French: cireux
  • Italian: ceroso
  • Occitan: cerós
  • Portuguese: ceroso
  • Romanian: ceros
  • Spanish: ceroso

References

  • cerosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cerosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.