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Latin
Etymology
From numerus + -osus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
numerōsus (feminine numerōsa, neuter numerōsum, adverb numerōsē or numerōsiter); first/second-declension adjective
- numerous, manifold, multiple, abundant
- full of harmony or rhythm; harmonious, melodious, rhythmical, measured
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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References
- “numerosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “numerosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- numerosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a numerous army: ingens, maximus exercitus (not numerosus)