LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

hāmōsus

hāmōsus (feminine hāmōsa, neuter hāmōsum)
Classical[haːˈmoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[aˈmɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivehooklike, hooky
    LIBELLULA. Os maxillosum: maxillis pluribus. Antennæ thorace breviores. Alæ extensæ. Cauda particulis hamoso soliaceis.1761, Nicolaus Poda von Neuhaus, Insecta musei Graecensis, page 11:

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativehāmōsushāmōsahāmōsum
genitivehāmōsīhāmōsaehāmōsī
dativehāmōsōhāmōsaehāmōsō
accusativehāmōsumhāmōsamhāmōsum
ablativehāmōsōhāmōsāhāmōsō
vocativehāmōsehāmōsahāmōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativehāmōsīhāmōsaehāmōsa
genitivehāmōsōrumhāmōsārumhāmōsōrum
dativehāmōsīshāmōsīshāmōsīs
accusativehāmōsōshāmōsāshāmōsa
ablativehāmōsīshāmōsīshāmōsīs
vocativehāmōsīhāmōsaehāmōsa

Origins

From hāmus (“hook”) + -ōsus (-ous).

Descendants
  • Englishhamose
  • Englishhamous

Quick answers

What does hāmōsus mean in Latin?
hāmōsus, a adjective, means “hooklike, hooky”.
How do you pronounce hāmōsus?
In classical Latin, [haːˈmoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈmɔː.s̬us].