nivosus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from the oblique stem niv- of nix (“snow”) + -ōsus (“-ous”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /niˈu̯oː.sus/, [niˈu̯oːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /niˈvo.sus/, [niˈvɔːs̬us]
Adjective[edit]
nivōsus (feminine nivōsa, neuter nivōsum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension[edit]
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 | |
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References[edit]
- “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.