LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

frondōsus

frondōsus (feminine frondōsa, neuter frondōsum)
Classical[frɔnˈdoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[fronˈdɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveleafy, full of leaves
    chorion frondōsum

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefrondōsusfrondōsafrondōsum
genitivefrondōsīfrondōsaefrondōsī
dativefrondōsōfrondōsaefrondōsō
accusativefrondōsumfrondōsamfrondōsum
ablativefrondōsōfrondōsāfrondōsō
vocativefrondōsefrondōsafrondōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefrondōsīfrondōsaefrondōsa
genitivefrondōsōrumfrondōsārumfrondōsōrum
dativefrondōsīsfrondōsīsfrondōsīs
accusativefrondōsōsfrondōsāsfrondōsa
ablativefrondōsīsfrondōsīsfrondōsīs
vocativefrondōsīfrondōsaefrondōsa

frondōsus (anciently also frund-), a, um, adj. 1. frons,
I. full of leaves, leafy: omne sonabat Arbustum fremitu silvaï frondosaï, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (id. Ann. v. 197 Vahl.); so, montes, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 11: vertex (collis), Verg. A. 8, 351: ramus, Ov. M. 8, 410: vitis, Verg. E. 2, 70: aestas, id. G. 3, 296: taxus frondosior, Sil. 13, 596.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin frondōsus From frons (“leafy branch”) + -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Catalanfrondós
  • Englishfrondose
  • Italianfrondoso
  • Portuguesefrondoso
  • Spanishfrondoso
  • Galicianfrondoso
  • Serbo-Croatianfronclav

In English words that came into English from frondōsus

  • frondosefrondōsus

Quick answers

What does frondōsus mean in Latin?
frondōsus, a adjective, means “leafy, full of leaves”.
How do you pronounce frondōsus?
In classical Latin, [frɔnˈdoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [fronˈdɔː.s̬us].