LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

facinorōsus

facinorōsus (feminine facinorōsa, neuter facinorōsum, comparative facinorōsior, superlative facinorōsissimus)
Classical[fa.kɪ.nɔˈroː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[fa.t͡ʃi.noˈrɔː.s̬us]
facinerōsus ; sg. nom. m.

Meaning

  1. adjectivecriminal, villainous
    1766, Clement XIII, Christianae Reipublicae salus, quoted in 1832 by Gregory XVI in Mirari Vos […] nunquam enim materia subtrahetur erroris, nisi pravitatis facinorosa elementa in flammis combusta depereant.
  2. adjectiveatrocious, vicious

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefacinorōsus
facinerōsus		facinorōsa
facinerōsa		facinorōsum
facinerōsum
genitivefacinorōsī
facinerōsī		facinorōsae
facinerōsae		facinorōsī
facinerōsī
dativefacinorōsō
facinerōsō		facinorōsae
facinerōsae		facinorōsō
facinerōsō
accusativefacinorōsum
facinerōsum		facinorōsam
facinerōsam		facinorōsum
facinerōsum
ablativefacinorōsō
facinerōsō		facinorōsā
facinerōsā		facinorōsō
facinerōsō
vocativefacinorōse
facinerōse		facinorōsa
facinerōsa		facinorōsum
facinerōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefacinorōsī
facinerōsī		facinorōsae
facinerōsae		facinorōsa
facinerōsa
genitivefacinorōsōrum
facinerōsōrum		facinorōsārum
facinerōsārum		facinorōsōrum
facinerōsōrum
dativefacinorōsīs
facinerōsīs		facinorōsīs
facinerōsīs		facinorōsīs
facinerōsīs
accusativefacinorōsōs
facinerōsōs		facinorōsās
facinerōsās		facinorōsa
facinerōsa
ablativefacinorōsīs
facinerōsīs		facinorōsīs
facinerōsīs		facinorōsīs
facinerōsīs
vocativefacinorōsī
facinerōsī		facinorōsae
facinerōsae		facinorōsa
facinerōsa

făcĭnŏrōsus (facinĕrosus), a, um, adj. facinus,
I. criminal, villainous, atrocious, vicious (rare but class.): quintum genus est parricidarum, sicariorum, denique omnium facinorosorum, Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22; id. Cael. 6, 13; id. de Or. 2, 58, 237; id. Rep. 3, 17: injuriosa facinorosaque vita, id. Leg. 1, 14, 40: impius et facinorosus animus, Just. 24, 2, 1.—Comp.: facinorosior, id. 16, 4.—Sup.: facinorosissimi sicarii, Cic. Sest. 38, 81; Vulg. 2 Macc. 8, 34.—Adv.: făcĭ-nŏrōse, viciously, scandalously, August. Inn. 76, 1; id. cont. Sec. Resp. Jul. 5, 64.

Origins

From facinus, facinoris (“crime, wickedness”) + -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Englishfacinorous
  • Portuguesefacinoroso

In English words that came into English from facinorōsus

  • facinorousfacinorōsus

Quick answers

What does facinorōsus mean in Latin?
facinorōsus, a adjective, means “criminal, villainous; atrocious, vicious”.
How do you pronounce facinorōsus?
In classical Latin, [fa.kɪ.nɔˈroː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [fa.t͡ʃi.noˈrɔː.s̬us].