LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

fragōsus

fragōsus (feminine fragōsa, neuter fragōsum)
Classical[fraˈɡoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[fraˈɡɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivefragile, brittle
  2. adjectivecrashing, roaring, rushing
  3. adjectiverough, uneven, rugged
  4. adjectivefigurativelyuneven, unequal

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefragōsusfragōsafragōsum
genitivefragōsīfragōsaefragōsī
dativefragōsōfragōsaefragōsō
accusativefragōsumfragōsamfragōsum
ablativefragōsōfragōsāfragōsō
vocativefragōsefragōsafragōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefragōsīfragōsaefragōsa
genitivefragōsōrumfragōsārumfragōsōrum
dativefragōsīsfragōsīsfragōsīs
accusativefragōsōsfragōsāsfragōsa
ablativefragōsīsfragōsīsfragōsīs
vocativefragōsīfragōsaefragōsa

frăgōsus, a, um, adj. fragor.
I. (Acc. to fragor, I.) Apt to be broken, fragile (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
A. Lit.: fragosa putri corpore, Lucr. 2, 860.—
2. Transf., rough, uneven: silvis horrentia saxa fragosis, Ov. M. 4, 778: mons, Grat. Cyneg. 527. —
B. Trop., of speech, uneven, unequal: fragosa atque interrupta oratio, Quint. 9, 4, 7: aures fragosis offenduntur, id. 9, 4, 116: versus, Diom. p. 499 P.—
II. (Acc. to fragor, II.) Crashing, rushing, roaring (poet.): medioque fragosus Dat sonitum saxis et torto vertice torrens, Verg. A. 7, 566: vada, Val. Fl. 2, 622: arx Maleae, id. 4, 261: lux, a rattling gleam (lightning), id. 2, 198: murmura leonum, Claud. II. Cons. Stil. 337: nares, Amm. 14, 6, 25.—Hence, * adv.: fră-gōse (acc. to II.), with a crashing: (secures a ligno laricis) respuuntur et fragosius sidunt, aegrius revelluntur, Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 47.

Origins

From fragor (“breaking; crash, noise”) + -ōsus, from frangō (“break”).

Descendants
  • Italianfragoso
  • Portuguesefragoso
  • Spanishfragoso
  • Galicianfragoso

Quick answers

What does fragōsus mean in Latin?
fragōsus, a adjective, means “fragile, brittle; crashing, roaring, rushing; rough, uneven, rugged”.
How do you pronounce fragōsus?
In classical Latin, [fraˈɡoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [fraˈɡɔː.s̬us].