LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

lānūginōsus

lānūginōsus (feminine lānūginōsa, neuter lānūginōsum)
Classical[ɫaː.nuː.ɡɪˈnoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[la.nu.d͡ʒiˈnɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivewoolly, downy

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelānūginōsuslānūginōsalānūginōsum
genitivelānūginōsīlānūginōsaelānūginōsī
dativelānūginōsōlānūginōsaelānūginōsō
accusativelānūginōsumlānūginōsamlānūginōsum
ablativelānūginōsōlānūginōsālānūginōsō
vocativelānūginōselānūginōsalānūginōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelānūginōsīlānūginōsaelānūginōsa
genitivelānūginōsōrumlānūginōsārumlānūginōsōrum
dativelānūginōsīslānūginōsīslānūginōsīs
accusativelānūginōsōslānūginōsāslānūginōsa
ablativelānūginōsīslānūginōsīslānūginōsīs
vocativelānūginōsīlānūginōsaelānūginōsa

lānūgĭnōsus, a, um, adj. lanugo,
I. woolly, downy (Plinian): araneus, Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 85: vermiculus, id. 30, 15, 47, § 139: lanuginosa et aspera folia, id. 25, 8, 45, § 83. —Comp.: herba lanuginosior, Plin. 22, 20, 24, § 50.

Origins

From lānūgō + -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Englishlanuginose
  • Englishlanuginous
  • Frenchlanugineux
  • Italianlanuginoso
  • Romanianlanuginos
  • Spanishlanuginoso

In English words that came into English from lānūginōsus

  • lanuginoselānūginōsus

Quick answers

What does lānūginōsus mean in Latin?
lānūginōsus, a adjective, means “woolly, downy”.
How do you pronounce lānūginōsus?
In classical Latin, [ɫaː.nuː.ɡɪˈnoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [la.nu.d͡ʒiˈnɔː.s̬us].