LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

crīminōsus

crīminōsus (feminine crīminōsa, neuter crīminōsum, superlative crīminōsissimus)
Classical[kriː.mɪˈnoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[kri.miˈnɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveaccusatory, reproachful
  2. adjectiveslanderous, vituperative
  3. adjectiveshameful, criminal

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecrīminōsuscrīminōsacrīminōsum
genitivecrīminōsīcrīminōsaecrīminōsī
dativecrīminōsōcrīminōsaecrīminōsō
accusativecrīminōsumcrīminōsamcrīminōsum
ablativecrīminōsōcrīminōsācrīminōsō
vocativecrīminōsecrīminōsacrīminōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecrīminōsīcrīminōsaecrīminōsa
genitivecrīminōsōrumcrīminōsārumcrīminōsōrum
dativecrīminōsīscrīminōsīscrīminōsīs
accusativecrīminōsōscrīminōsāscrīminōsa
ablativecrīminōsīscrīminōsīscrīminōsīs
vocativecrīminōsīcrīminōsaecrīminōsa

crīmĭnōsus, a, um, adj. crimen, I.,
I. full of reproaches, reproachful, accusalory, calumniating, slanderous (class.): ne cum me nimium gratum illi esse dicant, id mihi criminosum esse possit, Cic. Planc. 2, 4; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 67, § 162; cf.: in hunc, id. Sull. 13, 36: nomen, id. Planc. 19, 46: orationes, Liv. 8, 12, 14: iambi, Hor. C. 1, 16, 2: criminosissimus liber, Suet. Caes. 75; cf. Quint. 9, 2, 23: ille acerbus, criminosus, popularis homo ac turbulentus, Cic. Clu. 34, 94.—Hence, subst.: crīmĭnōsus, i, m., a guilty man, Cassiod. Var. 3, 57.— Comp., Auct. Her. 4, 40, 52.—Adv.: crī-mĭnōsē, reproach fully, slanderously, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 55; Sall. J. 64, 5; Liv. 38, 43, 7; 40, 9, 13; Tac. A. 16, 20.—Comp., Cic. Brut. 34, 131; Tac. H. 3, 38.—Sup., Suet. Tib. 53.

Origins

From crīmen + -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Catalancriminós
  • Italiancriminoso
  • Portuguesecriminoso
  • Spanishcriminoso

In English words that came into English from crīminōsus

  • criminouscrīminōsus

Quick answers

What does crīminōsus mean in Latin?
crīminōsus, a adjective, means “accusatory, reproachful; slanderous, vituperative; shameful, criminal”.
How do you pronounce crīminōsus?
In classical Latin, [kriː.mɪˈnoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kri.miˈnɔː.s̬us].