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Latin
Etymology
From torus (“muscle, flesh”) + -ōsus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
torōsus (feminine torōsa, neuter torōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- muscular, brawny, fleshy
- Synonyms: mūsculōsus, lacertōsus
- (figuratively) fleshy (e.g., of a plant)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “torosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “torosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- torosus 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)
- torosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- torosus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016