LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

fruticōsus

fruticōsus (feminine fruticōsa, neuter fruticōsum)
Classical[frʊ.tɪˈkoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[fru.tiˈkɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivebushy, shrubby; fruticose

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefruticōsusfruticōsafruticōsum
genitivefruticōsīfruticōsaefruticōsī
dativefruticōsōfruticōsaefruticōsō
accusativefruticōsumfruticōsamfruticōsum
ablativefruticōsōfruticōsāfruticōsō
vocativefruticōsefruticōsafruticōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefruticōsīfruticōsaefruticōsa
genitivefruticōsōrumfruticōsārumfruticōsōrum
dativefruticōsīsfruticōsīsfruticōsīs
accusativefruticōsōsfruticōsāsfruticōsa
ablativefruticōsīsfruticōsīsfruticōsīs
vocativefruticōsīfruticōsaefruticōsa

frŭtĭcōsus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. full of shrubs or bushes, shrubby, bushy: vimina, Ov. M. 6, 344: (aizoum) a radice, Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 161: arbor (terebinthus), id. 13, 6, 12, § 54: rutae rami fruticosiores, id. 20, 13, 51, § 131: calamus fruticosissimus qui vocatur donax, id. 16, 36, 66, § 165: litora, Ov. H. 2, 121: mare, Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 87.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin fruticōsus From frutex (“bush, shrub”) + -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Englishfruticose
  • Frenchfrutiqueux
  • Italianfruticoso
  • Portuguesefruticoso
  • Spanishfruticoso
  • Translingualfruticosus

In English words that came into English from fruticōsus

  • fruticulosefruticōsus

Quick answers

What does fruticōsus mean in Latin?
fruticōsus, a adjective, means “bushy, shrubby; fruticose”.
How do you pronounce fruticōsus?
In classical Latin, [frʊ.tɪˈkoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [fru.tiˈkɔː.s̬us].