nivosus

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Latin

Etymology

Derived from the oblique stem niv- of nix (“snow”) +‎ -ōsus (“-ous”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

nivōsus (feminine nivōsa, neuter nivōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. full of snow, snowy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative nivōsus nivōsa nivōsum nivōsī nivōsae nivōsa
Genitive nivōsī nivōsae nivōsī nivōsōrum nivōsārum nivōsōrum
Dative nivōsō nivōsō nivōsīs
Accusative nivōsum nivōsam nivōsum nivōsōs nivōsās nivōsa
Ablative nivōsō nivōsā nivōsō nivōsīs
Vocative nivōse nivōsa nivōsum nivōsī nivōsae nivōsa

Descendants

References

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