monstruosus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mōnstrum (“portent, monstrosity”) +‎ -ōsus (“full of”, suffix forming an augmentative adjective).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mōnstruōsus (feminine mōnstruōsa, neuter mōnstruōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. strange, preternatural, monstrous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative mōnstruōsus mōnstruōsa mōnstruōsum mōnstruōsī mōnstruōsae mōnstruōsa
genitive mōnstruōsī mōnstruōsae mōnstruōsī mōnstruōsōrum mōnstruōsārum mōnstruōsōrum
dative mōnstruōsō mōnstruōsae mōnstruōsō mōnstruōsīs
accusative mōnstruōsum mōnstruōsam mōnstruōsum mōnstruōsōs mōnstruōsās mōnstruōsa
ablative mōnstruōsō mōnstruōsā mōnstruōsō mōnstruōsīs
vocative mōnstruōse mōnstruōsa mōnstruōsum mōnstruōsī mōnstruōsae mōnstruōsa

Descendants

References

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