morosus

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Latin

Etymology 1

mōs +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

Adjective

mōrōsus (feminine mōrōsa, neuter mōrōsum, comparative mōrōsior, superlative mōrōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. captious, persnickety, fastidious, difficult (to please)
  2. peevish, wayward, capricious
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mōrōsus mōrōsa mōrōsum mōrōsī mōrōsae mōrōsa
Genitive mōrōsī mōrōsae mōrōsī mōrōsōrum mōrōsārum mōrōsōrum
Dative mōrōsō mōrōsō mōrōsīs
Accusative mōrōsum mōrōsam mōrōsum mōrōsōs mōrōsās mōrōsa
Ablative mōrōsō mōrōsā mōrōsō mōrōsīs
Vocative mōrōse mōrōsa mōrōsum mōrōsī mōrōsae mōrōsa
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  • English: morose

Etymology 2

mora (“delay”) +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

Adjective

morōsus (feminine morōsa, neuter morōsum, comparative mōrōsior, superlative mōrōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. slow (in coming), lingering
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative morōsus morōsa morōsum morōsī morōsae morōsa
Genitive morōsī morōsae morōsī morōsōrum morōsārum morōsōrum
Dative morōsō morōsō morōsīs
Accusative morōsum morōsam morōsum morōsōs morōsās morōsa
Ablative morōsō morōsā morōsō morōsīs
Vocative morōse morōsa morōsum morōsī morōsae morōsa
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References

  • “morosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “morosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • morosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • morosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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