litterosus

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Latin

Etymology

From litterae (“letters, learning”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

litterōsus (feminine litterōsa, neuter litterōsum, comparative litterōsior, superlative litterōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (hapax) cultured, learned
    • C.E. 4th C., Nonius Marcellus (author), W. M. Lindsay (editor), Dē compendiōsā doctrīnā (1903), page 193:
      Litterōsus, litterātus. Cassius Hēmīna Annālium lib. III: 'homō merē litterōsus'.
      Litterōsus means cultured. Cassius Hemina in the third book of the Annals: 'a man wholly cultured'.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative litterōsus litterōsa litterōsum litterōsī litterōsae litterōsa
genitive litterōsī litterōsae litterōsī litterōsōrum litterōsārum litterōsōrum
dative litterōsō litterōsae litterōsō litterōsīs
accusative litterōsum litterōsam litterōsum litterōsōs litterōsās litterōsa
ablative litterōsō litterōsā litterōsō litterōsīs
vocative litterōse litterōsa litterōsum litterōsī litterōsae litterōsa

See also

References

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