LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

mōnstruōsus

mōnstruōsus (feminine mōnstruōsa, neuter mōnstruōsum)
Classical[mõː.struˈoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[mon.struˈɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivestrange, preternatural, monstrous

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemōnstruōsusmōnstruōsa
mōnstrōsa		mōnstruōsum
mōnstrōsum
genitivemōnstruōsī
mōnstrōsī		mōnstruōsae
mōnstrōsae		mōnstruōsī
mōnstrōsī
dativemōnstruōsō
mōnstrōsō		mōnstruōsae
mōnstrōsae		mōnstruōsō
mōnstrōsō
accusativemōnstruōsum
mōnstrōsum		mōnstruōsam
mōnstrōsam		mōnstruōsum
mōnstrōsum
ablativemōnstruōsō
mōnstrōsō		mōnstruōsā
mōnstrōsā		mōnstruōsō
mōnstrōsō
vocativemōnstruōse
mōnstrōse		mōnstruōsa
mōnstrōsa		mōnstruōsum
mōnstrōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemōnstruōsī
mōnstrōsī		mōnstruōsae
mōnstrōsae		mōnstruōsa
mōnstrōsa
genitivemōnstruōsōrum
mōnstrōsōrum		mōnstruōsārum
mōnstrōsārum		mōnstruōsōrum
mōnstrōsōrum
dativemōnstruōsīs
mōnstrōsīs		mōnstruōsīs
mōnstrōsīs		mōnstruōsīs
mōnstrōsīs
accusativemōnstruōsōs
mōnstrōsōs		mōnstruōsās
mōnstrōsās		mōnstruōsa
mōnstrōsa
ablativemōnstruōsīs
mōnstrōsīs		mōnstruōsīs
mōnstrōsīs		mōnstruōsīs
mōnstrōsīs
vocativemōnstruōsī
mōnstrōsī		mōnstruōsae
mōnstrōsae		mōnstruōsa
mōnstrōsa

monstrŭōsus (post-class. mon-strōsus), a, um, adj. monstrum,
I. strange, preternatural, monstrous (class.): monstruosissima bestia, of the ape, Cic. Div. 2, 32, 69: hominum partus monstrosi, Luc. 1, 557: ferculum longe monstruosius, Petr. 69: scriptis monstruosus, Suet. Gram. 15: libidines, unnatural, id. Calig. 16: mulier si monstrosum aliquid aut prodigiosum enixa sit, Paul. Sent. 4, 9, 3 (but in Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61, instead of monstrosi the correct reading seems to be morosi; so B. and K.; v. Madv. ad h. l.).—Hence, * adv.: monstrŭōsē (monstrōsē), strangely, unnaturally, monstrously: cogitare, Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*monéyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*man-eje-
  4. Proto-Italic*moneō
  5. Proto-Italic*monestrom
  6. Latinmōnstruōsus

Latin -ōsus Latin mōnstruōsus From mōnstrum (“portent, monstrosity”) + -ōsus (“full of”, suffix forming an augmentative adjective).

Descendants
  • Englishmonstrous
  • Frenchmonstrueux
  • Italianmostruoso
  • Portuguesemonstruoso
  • Romanianmonstruos
  • Spanishmonstruoso
  • Asturianmonstruosu
  • Galicianmonstruoso

In English words that came into English from mōnstruōsus

  • monstrousmonstrosus
  • monstrositymōnstruōsitās

Quick answers

What does mōnstruōsus mean in Latin?
mōnstruōsus, a adjective, means “strange, preternatural, monstrous”.
How do you pronounce mōnstruōsus?
In classical Latin, [mõː.struˈoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [mon.struˈɔː.s̬us].
Where does mōnstruōsus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *men- → Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti → Proto-Italic *man-eje- → Proto-Italic *moneō → Proto-Italic *monestrom → Latin mōnstruōsus.