adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
līmōsus
līmōsus (feminine līmōsa, neuter līmōsum)
Classical[liːˈmoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[liˈmɔː.s̬us]
Meaning
- adjectivemiry, muddy, marshy, slimy
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
plēnus līmī, sordiduslīmōsus -a -um — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 4, 14
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | līmōsus | līmōsa | līmōsum |
| genitive | līmōsī | līmōsae | līmōsī |
| dative | līmōsō | līmōsae | līmōsō |
| accusative | līmōsum | līmōsam | līmōsum |
| ablative | līmōsō | līmōsā | līmōsō |
| vocative | līmōse | līmōsa | līmōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | līmōsī | līmōsae | līmōsa |
| genitive | līmōsōrum | līmōsārum | līmōsōrum |
| dative | līmōsīs | līmōsīs | līmōsīs |
| accusative | līmōsōs | līmōsās | līmōsa |
| ablative | līmōsīs | līmōsīs | līmōsīs |
| vocative | līmōsī | līmōsae | līmōsa |
līmōsus, a, um, adj. 2. limus,
I. full of mud or slime, slimy, miry, muddy:
quae (aqua) flumine Nilo fertur, adeo est limosa atque turbida, etc., Hirt. B. Alex. 5: limosoque palus obducit pascua junco, i. e. growing in muddy places, Verg. E. 1, 49; cf. radix, Plin. 27, 1, 17, § 34: lacus, Verg. A. 2, 135: ripae, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 1: harena, id. Tr. 4, 1, 7.—Plur. absol.: līmōsa, ōrum, n., muddy or miry places, Plin. 9, 42, 66, § 142.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
līmōsus adj.
3 limus, full of mud, slimy, miry, muddy : planities, S.: iuncus, i. e. growing in muddy places , V.: flumina, O.
Origins
From līmus (“mud, slime”) + -ōsus.
Descendants
- Italianlimoso
- Portugueselimoso
- Romanianimos
- Spanishlimoso
In English words that came into English from līmōsus
- limouslīmōsus