LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

contāgiōsus

contāgiōsus (feminine contāgiōsa, neuter contāgiōsum)
Classical[kɔn.taː.ɡiˈoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[kon.ta.d͡ʒiˈɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivecontagious, infectious

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecontāgiōsuscontāgiōsacontāgiōsum
genitivecontāgiōsīcontāgiōsaecontāgiōsī
dativecontāgiōsōcontāgiōsaecontāgiōsō
accusativecontāgiōsumcontāgiōsamcontāgiōsum
ablativecontāgiōsōcontāgiōsācontāgiōsō
vocativecontāgiōsecontāgiōsacontāgiōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecontāgiōsīcontāgiōsaecontāgiōsa
genitivecontāgiōsōrumcontāgiōsārumcontāgiōsōrum
dativecontāgiōsīscontāgiōsīscontāgiōsīs
accusativecontāgiōsōscontāgiōsāscontāgiōsa
ablativecontāgiōsīscontāgiōsīscontāgiōsīs
vocativecontāgiōsīcontāgiōsaecontāgiōsa

contāgĭōsus, a, um, adj. contagio, II.,
I. contagious (perh. only in Veg.): passio, Veg. Art. Vet. 1, 14, 2: scabies, id. ib. 5, 70, 1.

Origins

From contagium + -osus.

Descendants
  • Catalancontagiós
  • Frenchcontagieux
  • Italiancontagioso
  • Portuguesecontagioso
  • Romaniancontagios
  • Spanishcontagioso
  • Galiciancontaxioso

In English words that came into English from contāgiōsus

  • contagiouscontāgiōsus

Quick answers

What does contāgiōsus mean in Latin?
contāgiōsus, a adjective, means “contagious, infectious”.
How do you pronounce contāgiōsus?
In classical Latin, [kɔn.taː.ɡiˈoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kon.ta.d͡ʒiˈɔː.s̬us].