numerosus

Latin

Etymology

From numerus +‎ -osus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

numerōsus (feminine numerōsa, neuter numerōsum, adverb numerōsē or numerōsiter); first/second-declension adjective

  1. numerous, manifold, multiple, abundant
  2. full of harmony or rhythm; harmonious, melodious, rhythmical, measured

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative numerōsus numerōsa numerōsum numerōsī numerōsae numerōsa
Genitive numerōsī numerōsae numerōsī numerōsōrum numerōsārum numerōsōrum
Dative numerōsō numerōsō numerōsīs
Accusative numerōsum numerōsam numerōsum numerōsōs numerōsās numerōsa
Ablative numerōsō numerōsā numerōsō numerōsīs
Vocative numerōse numerōsa numerōsum numerōsī numerōsae numerōsa

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Asturian: numberosu
  • Catalan: nombrós
  • Corsican: numerosu
  • English: numerous
  • French: nombreux
  • Friulian: numerôs
  • Italian: numeroso
  • Occitan: nombrós
  • Piedmontese: numeros
  • Romanian: numeros
  • Sicilian: nummirusu, nummurusu
  • Spanish: numeroso

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)
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