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Latin
Etymology
From herba (“grass, vegetation”) + -ōsus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
herbōsus (feminine herbōsa, neuter herbōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- grassy, full of grass or herbs
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 4.367–368:
- ‘nōn pudet herbōsum’ dīxī ‘posuisse morētum
in dominae mēnsīs, an suā causā subest?’- ‘‘Is it not shameful,’’ I said, ‘‘to have placed a rustic dish full of herbs on the mistress’s tables, or is there some reason behind it?’’
(Ovid writes in poetic dialogue with the muse Erato, inquiring about the customs of the ancient Roman festival Megalesia, which honored Cybele, the mother goddess or Magna Mater during April. See also moretum.)
- grass-colored
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “herbosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “herbosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- herbosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.