adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
aerūginōsus
aerūginōsus (feminine aerūginōsa, neuter aerūginōsum)
Classical[ae̯.ruː.ɡɪˈnoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[e.ru.d͡ʒiˈnɔː.s̬us]
Meaning
- adjectiverusty, covered with copper rust
Illum tu otiosum vocas qui Corinthia, paucorum furore pretiosa, anxia suptilitate concinnat et maiorem dierum partem in aeruginosis lamellis consumit?
Would you say that that man is at leisure who arranges with finical care his Corinthian bronzes, that the mania of a few makes costly, and spends the greater part of each day upon rusty bits of copper? — J. Basore, 1932 translation http://www.forumromanum.org/literature/seneca_younger/brev_e.html#12Seneca the Younger, De Brevitate Vitae 10.12[…] ut Bassus Iulius qui dixit: ‘extra portam hanc virginem’ et: ‘ostende istam aeruginosam manum’ …
[…] like Bassus Julius, who said: ‘this maiden outside of the gate’ and ‘show that rusty hand of yours’ …Seneca the Elder, Controversiae, I.2.21
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | aerūginōsus | aerūginōsa | aerūginōsum |
| genitive | aerūginōsī | aerūginōsae | aerūginōsī |
| dative | aerūginōsō | aerūginōsae | aerūginōsō |
| accusative | aerūginōsum | aerūginōsam | aerūginōsum |
| ablative | aerūginōsō | aerūginōsā | aerūginōsō |
| vocative | aerūginōse | aerūginōsa | aerūginōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | aerūginōsī | aerūginōsae | aerūginōsa |
| genitive | aerūginōsōrum | aerūginōsārum | aerūginōsōrum |
| dative | aerūginōsīs | aerūginōsīs | aerūginōsīs |
| accusative | aerūginōsōs | aerūginōsās | aerūginōsa |
| ablative | aerūginōsīs | aerūginōsīs | aerūginōsīs |
| vocative | aerūginōsī | aerūginōsae | aerūginōsa |
aerūgĭnōsus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. full of copper-rust, rusty (perh. only in Seneca): manus, Contr. 1, 2 fin.:
lamellae, id. Brut. Vit. 12.Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin aerūginōsus From aerūgō (“rust of copper, verdigris”) + -ōsus.
Descendants
- Catalaneruginós
- Englishæruginous
- Englisheruginous
- Frenchérugineux
- Italianrugginoso
- Portugueseaeruginoso
- Portugueseeruginoso
- Romanianruginos
- Spanishroñoso
- Spanisheruginoso
In English words that came into English from aerūginōsus
- aeruginousaerūginōsus