LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

iugōsus

iugōsus (feminine iugōsa, neuter iugōsum, comparative iugōsior, superlative iugōsissimus)

Meaning

  1. adjectivepoeticmountainous
    Quis probet in silvis Cererem regnare iugosis, / lege pharetratae Virginis arva coli?Who might approve Ceres to rule in mountainous woods, and fields to be cultivated by the quivered virgin's law?16 BCE, Ovid, Amores, Book One, lines 9-10:

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeiugōsusiugōsaiugōsum
genitiveiugōsīiugōsaeiugōsī
dativeiugōsōiugōsaeiugōsō
accusativeiugōsumiugōsamiugōsum
ablativeiugōsōiugōsāiugōsō
vocativeiugōseiugōsaiugōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeiugōsīiugōsaeiugōsa
genitiveiugōsōrumiugōsārumiugōsōrum
dativeiugōsīsiugōsīsiugōsīs
accusativeiugōsōsiugōsāsiugōsa
ablativeiugōsīsiugōsīsiugōsīs
vocativeiugōsīiugōsaeiugōsa

jŭgōsus, a, um, adj. jugum,
I. mountainous (poet.): silvae, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 9; id. H. 4, 85.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*yugóm
  2. Proto-Italic*jugom
  3. Latiniugōsus

Latin -ōsus Latin iugōsus From iugum + -ōsus.

Quick answers

What does iugōsus mean in Latin?
iugōsus, a adjective, means “mountainous”.
Where does iugōsus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *yugóm → Proto-Italic *jugom → Latin iugōsus.