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morosus
morosus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /moːˈroː.sus/, [moːˈroː.sʊs]
Adjective
mōrōsus m (feminine mōrōsa, neuter mōrōsum); first/second declension
- peevish, wayward, capricious, difficult (to please)
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | mōrōsus | mōrōsa | mōrōsum | mōrōsī | mōrōsae | mōrōsa | |
| genitive | mōrōsī | mōrōsae | mōrōsī | mōrōsōrum | mōrōsārum | mōrōsōrum | |
| dative | mōrōsō | mōrōsō | mōrōsīs | ||||
| accusative | mōrōsum | mōrōsam | mōrōsum | mōrōsōs | mōrōsās | mōrōsa | |
| ablative | mōrōsō | mōrōsā | mōrōsō | mōrōsīs | |||
| vocative | mōrōse | mōrōsa | mōrōsum | mōrōsī | mōrōsae | mōrōsa | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- English: morose
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /moˈroː.sus/, [mɔˈroː.sʊs]
Adjective
morōsus m (feminine morōsa, neuter morōsum); first/second declension
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | morōsus | morōsa | morōsum | morōsī | morōsae | morōsa | |
| genitive | morōsī | morōsae | morōsī | morōsōrum | morōsārum | morōsōrum | |
| dative | morōsō | morōsō | morōsīs | ||||
| accusative | morōsum | morōsam | morōsum | morōsōs | morōsās | morōsa | |
| ablative | morōsō | morōsā | morōsō | morōsīs | |||
| vocative | morōse | morōsa | morōsum | morōsī | morōsae | morōsa | |
Derived terms
- morōsitās (Mediaeval)
Related terms
Descendants
- French: morose
References
- morosus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- morosus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- MOROSUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “morosus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.