flagitiosus

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Latin

Etymology

From flāgitium +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

flāgitiōsus (feminine flāgitiōsa, neuter flāgitiōsum, superlative flāgitiōsissimus, adverb flāgitiōsē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. shameful, disgraceful, scandalous
  2. profligate, dissolute

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative flāgitiōsus flāgitiōsa flāgitiōsum flāgitiōsī flāgitiōsae flāgitiōsa
genitive flāgitiōsī flāgitiōsae flāgitiōsī flāgitiōsōrum flāgitiōsārum flāgitiōsōrum
dative flāgitiōsō flāgitiōsae flāgitiōsō flāgitiōsīs
accusative flāgitiōsum flāgitiōsam flāgitiōsum flāgitiōsōs flāgitiōsās flāgitiōsa
ablative flāgitiōsō flāgitiōsā flāgitiōsō flāgitiōsīs
vocative flāgitiōse flāgitiōsa flāgitiōsum flāgitiōsī flāgitiōsae flāgitiōsa

Descendants

  • English: flagitious (extremely brutal or cruel)
  • Portuguese: flagicioso

References

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