adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
hī̆rsūtus
hī̆rsūtus (feminine hī̆rsūta, neuter hī̆rsūtum, comparative hī̆rsūtior, superlative hī̆rsūtissimus)
Classical[hiːrˈsuː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[irˈsuː.tus]
Meaning
- adjectiverough, shaggy, bristly, prickly
- adjectivehairy, hirsute
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
asper et incomptushirsūtus -a -um — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 5
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Horridus · Hirtus · Hirsutus · Hispidus · Asper
Horridus (from χέρσος, χορταῖος), is the most general expression for whatever is rough and rugged, from want of formation; hirtus and hirsutus refer particularly to what is covered with rough hair, in opp. to what is soft and smooth; hispidus and asper, to rough elevations, in opp. to what is level; hispidus, to the roughness that offends the eye; asper, to the roughness that causes pain. Vell. P. ii. 4. describes Marius as hirtus et horridus; hirtus referring to his neglected exterior, horridus, to his rough nature. (vi. 161.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hī̆rsūtus | hī̆rsūta | hī̆rsūtum |
| genitive | hī̆rsūtī | hī̆rsūtae | hī̆rsūtī |
| dative | hī̆rsūtō | hī̆rsūtae | hī̆rsūtō |
| accusative | hī̆rsūtum | hī̆rsūtam | hī̆rsūtum |
| ablative | hī̆rsūtō | hī̆rsūtā | hī̆rsūtō |
| vocative | hī̆rsūte | hī̆rsūta | hī̆rsūtum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hī̆rsūtī | hī̆rsūtae | hī̆rsūta |
| genitive | hī̆rsūtōrum | hī̆rsūtārum | hī̆rsūtōrum |
| dative | hī̆rsūtīs | hī̆rsūtīs | hī̆rsūtīs |
| accusative | hī̆rsūtōs | hī̆rsūtās | hī̆rsūta |
| ablative | hī̆rsūtīs | hī̆rsūtīs | hī̆rsūtīs |
| vocative | hī̆rsūtī | hī̆rsūtae | hī̆rsūta |
hirsūtus, a, um, adj. primary form HIRSUS, a variation of hirtus,
I. rough, shaggy, bristly, prickly, hirsute = δασύς.
I. Lit. (class.;
syn. hirtus, pilosus, villosus): quarum (animantium) aliae villis vestitae, aliae spinis hirsutae, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121; Col. 7, 2, 6: pectus Herculis, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 49. crura genaeque, Mart. 10, 65, 9: supercilium, Verg. E. 8, 34: et glacialis Hiems canos hirsuta capillos, Ov. M. 2, 30: barba, id. ib. 13, 766: capilli, id. H. 9, 63: juba (galeae), Prop. 4 (5), 10, 20. vellera (leonis) setis, Ov. F. 2, 339: castaneae, Verg. E. 7, 53; cf.: frondes, id. G. 3, 231: vepres, id. ib. 3, 444: rubi, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 28. folia hirsutiora, Plin. 22, 22, 33, § 75.—Poet., to designate the people of the olden time (when the hair of the head and beard was left untrimmed), like intonsus and incomptus, Sil. 13, 812; Mart. 9, 48, 2.—* Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
hīrsūtus adj. with comp.
cf. hirtus, rough, shaggy, bristly, prickly, hirsute : (animantium) aliae spinis hirsutae: cristā equinā, V.: Hiems canos hirsuta capillos, O.: saetis leonis Vellera, O.—Fig., rude, unpolished : nihil est hirsutius illis (annalibus), O.
Origins
From hī̆rsus (variant of hī̆rtus) + -ūtus (adjective-forming suffix).
Descendants
- Catalanhirsut
- Englishhirsute
- Frenchhirsute
- Italianirsuto
- Portuguesehirsuto
- Spanishhirsuto
- Galicianhirsuto
In English words that came into English from hī̆rsūtus
- hirsutehī̆rsūtus