luctuosus

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Latin

Etymology

From lūctus (“mourning, lamentation”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lūctuōsus (feminine lūctuōsa, neuter lūctuōsum, comparative lūctuōsior, superlative lūctuōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. sorrowful, sad
  2. lamentable, doleful, mournful

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative lūctuōsus lūctuōsa lūctuōsum lūctuōsī lūctuōsae lūctuōsa
genitive lūctuōsī lūctuōsae lūctuōsī lūctuōsōrum lūctuōsārum lūctuōsōrum
dative lūctuōsō lūctuōsae lūctuōsō lūctuōsīs
accusative lūctuōsum lūctuōsam lūctuōsum lūctuōsōs lūctuōsās lūctuōsa
ablative lūctuōsō lūctuōsā lūctuōsō lūctuōsīs
vocative lūctuōse lūctuōsa lūctuōsum lūctuōsī lūctuōsae lūctuōsa

Descendants

  • Galician: loitosa; luctuoso (borrowing)
  • Romanian: luctuos (borrowing)

References

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