limosus

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Latin

Etymology

From līmus (“mud, slime”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

līmōsus (feminine līmōsa, neuter līmōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. miry, muddy, marshy, slimy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative līmōsus līmōsa līmōsum līmōsī līmōsae līmōsa
genitive līmōsī līmōsae līmōsī līmōsōrum līmōsārum līmōsōrum
dative līmōsō līmōsae līmōsō līmōsīs
accusative līmōsum līmōsam līmōsum līmōsōs līmōsās līmōsa
ablative līmōsō līmōsā līmōsō līmōsīs
vocative līmōse līmōsa līmōsum līmōsī līmōsae līmōsa

Descendants

  • Italian: limoso
  • Portuguese: limoso
  • Romanian: imos
  • Spanish: limoso

References

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