hirsutus

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Latin

Etymology

From hī̆rsus (variant of hī̆rtus) +‎ -ūtus (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

hī̆rsūtus (feminine hī̆rsūta, neuter hī̆rsūtum, comparative hī̆rsūtior, superlative hī̆rsūtissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. rough, shaggy, bristly, prickly
  2. hairy, hirsute

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative hī̆rsūtus hī̆rsūta hī̆rsūtum hī̆rsūtī hī̆rsūtae hī̆rsūta
Genitive hī̆rsūtī hī̆rsūtae hī̆rsūtī hī̆rsūtōrum hī̆rsūtārum hī̆rsūtōrum
Dative hī̆rsūtō hī̆rsūtō hī̆rsūtīs
Accusative hī̆rsūtum hī̆rsūtam hī̆rsūtum hī̆rsūtōs hī̆rsūtās hī̆rsūta
Ablative hī̆rsūtō hī̆rsūtā hī̆rsūtō hī̆rsūtīs
Vocative hī̆rsūte hī̆rsūta hī̆rsūtum hī̆rsūtī hī̆rsūtae hī̆rsūta

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “hirsutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “hirsutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “hirtus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 286
  • hirsutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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