-osus

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See also: osus and ošus

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Latin -ōsos, from *-ōnt-to-s, from Proto-Italic *-owonssos, from *-o-wont-to-s. The last form is a combination of two Proto-Indo-European suffixes: Proto-Indo-European *-went-, *-wont- and Proto-Indo-European *-to-.[1] See -entus and Ancient Greek -εις (-eis).

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-ōsus (feminine -ōsa, neuter -ōsum); first/second-declension suffix

  1. -ose, -ous; full of, overly, prone to. Used to form adjectives from nouns.

Usage notes[edit]

The suffix -ōsus is added to a noun to form an adjective indicating an abundance of that noun.

Examples:
nervōsus (“nervous”), from nervus (“sinew, energy”)
racēmōsus (“racemose”), from racēmus (“cluster, bunch”)
ventōsus (“windy”), from ventus (“wind”)

Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative -ōsus -ōsa -ōsum -ōsī -ōsae -ōsa
Genitive -ōsī -ōsae -ōsī -ōsōrum -ōsārum -ōsōrum
Dative -ōsō -ōsō -ōsīs
Accusative -ōsum -ōsam -ōsum -ōsōs -ōsās -ōsa
Ablative -ōsō -ōsā -ōsō -ōsīs
Vocative -ōse -ōsa -ōsum -ōsī -ōsae -ōsa

Derived terms[edit]

Latin terms suffixed with -osus

Descendants[edit]

Descendants

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jean Haudry, L'indo-européen, p. 58
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