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adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

cālīginōsus

cālīginōsus (feminine cālīginōsa, neuter cālīginōsum)
Classical[kaː.liː.ɡɪˈnoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[ka.li.d͡ʒiˈnɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivefull of mist, covered with mist, misty, foggy; cloudy
  2. adjectivebroadlydark, obscure, gloomy
  3. adjectivefigurativelyuncertain, dark, obscure

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecālīginōsuscālīginōsa
cālīgōsa		cālīginōsum
cālīgōsum
genitivecālīginōsī
cālīgōsī		cālīginōsae
cālīgōsae		cālīginōsī
cālīgōsī
dativecālīginōsō
cālīgōsō		cālīginōsae
cālīgōsae		cālīginōsō
cālīgōsō
accusativecālīginōsum
cālīgōsum		cālīginōsam
cālīgōsam		cālīginōsum
cālīgōsum
ablativecālīginōsō
cālīgōsō		cālīginōsā
cālīgōsā		cālīginōsō
cālīgōsō
vocativecālīginōse
cālīgōse		cālīginōsa
cālīgōsa		cālīginōsum
cālīgōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecālīginōsī
cālīgōsī		cālīginōsae
cālīgōsae		cālīginōsa
cālīgōsa
genitivecālīginōsōrum
cālīgōsōrum		cālīginōsārum
cālīgōsārum		cālīginōsōrum
cālīgōsōrum
dativecālīginōsīs
cālīgōsīs		cālīginōsīs
cālīgōsīs		cālīginōsīs
cālīgōsīs
accusativecālīginōsōs
cālīgōsōs		cālīginōsās
cālīgōsās		cālīginōsa
cālīgōsa
ablativecālīginōsīs
cālīgōsīs		cālīginōsīs
cālīgōsīs		cālīginōsīs
cālīgōsīs
vocativecālīginōsī
cālīgōsī		cālīginōsae
cālīgōsae		cālīginōsa
cālīgōsa

cālīgĭnōsus (post-class. cālīgōsus, Mart. Cap. 8, § 803; cf. Kopp. ad id. 1, § 67; Ven. Fort. Carm. 5, 4, 25), a, um, adj. id.,
I. full of mist, covered with mist, dark, obscure, gloomy (rare, but class. in prose and poetry): caelum et umidum et caliginosum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43: obscurior et quasi caliginosa stella (opp. illustris et pellucida), id. Div. 1, 57, 130: tractus, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 171: tenebrae, Val. Max. 1, 7, ext. 1.—
II. Trop., dark, uncertain, obscure: nox, i. e. an uncertain future, *Hor. C. 3, 29, 30: caliginosissima quaestio, Aug. Ep. 7.— Comp. and adv. not in use.

Origins

From cālīgō (“fog; darkness”) + -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Catalancaliginós
  • Englishcaliginous
  • Frenchcaligineux
  • Italiancaliginoso
  • Portuguesecaliginoso
  • Spanishcaliginoso

Quick answers

What does cālīginōsus mean in Latin?
cālīginōsus, a adjective, means “full of mist, covered with mist, misty, foggy; cloudy; dark, obscure, gloomy”.
How do you pronounce cālīginōsus?
In classical Latin, [kaː.liː.ɡɪˈnoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ka.li.d͡ʒiˈnɔː.s̬us].