LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

fētōsus

fētōsus (feminine fētōsa, neuter fētōsum)
Classical[feːˈtoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[feˈtɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveprolific

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefētōsusfētōsafētōsum
genitivefētōsīfētōsaefētōsī
dativefētōsōfētōsaefētōsō
accusativefētōsumfētōsamfētōsum
ablativefētōsōfētōsāfētōsō
vocativefētōsefētōsafētōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefētōsīfētōsaefētōsa
genitivefētōsōrumfētōsārumfētōsōrum
dativefētōsīsfētōsīsfētōsīs
accusativefētōsōsfētōsāsfētōsa
ablativefētōsīsfētōsīsfētōsīs
vocativefētōsīfētōsaefētōsa

fētōsus (foet-), a, um, adj. 2. fetus,
I. prolific (late Lat.): oves, Vulg. Psa. 143, 13. —Also fētŭōsus, a, um: Lea, Hier. adv. Jovin. 1, 19 (al. fetosa); id. Galat. 4, 27.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁(y)-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁tus
  3. Proto-Italic*fētus
  4. Latinfētōsus

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin fētōsus From fētus (“fruitful, productive”) + -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Albanianfoshnjëfrom Albanian *fosh

Quick answers

What does fētōsus mean in Latin?
fētōsus, a adjective, means “prolific”.
How do you pronounce fētōsus?
In classical Latin, [feːˈtoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [feˈtɔː.s̬us].
Where does fētōsus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- → Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tus → Proto-Italic *fētus → Latin fētōsus.