LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

litterōsus

litterōsus (feminine litterōsa, neuter litterōsum, comparative litterōsior, superlative litterōsissimus)
Classical[lɪt.tɛˈroː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[lit.teˈrɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivecultured, learned
    Litterōsus, litterātus. Cassius Hēmīna Annālium lib. III: 'homō merē litterōsus'.CE 4th C., Nonius Marcellus (author), W. M. Lindsay (editor), Dē compendiōsā doctrīnā (1903), page 193

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelitterōsuslitterōsalitterōsum
genitivelitterōsīlitterōsaelitterōsī
dativelitterōsōlitterōsaelitterōsō
accusativelitterōsumlitterōsamlitterōsum
ablativelitterōsōlitterōsālitterōsō
vocativelitterōselitterōsalitterōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelitterōsīlitterōsaelitterōsa
genitivelitterōsōrumlitterōsārumlitterōsōrum
dativelitterōsīslitterōsīslitterōsīs
accusativelitterōsōslitterōsāslitterōsa
ablativelitterōsīslitterōsīslitterōsīs
vocativelitterōsīlitterōsaelitterōsa

littĕrōsus (lītĕr-), a, um, adj. id.,
I. literary, learned in letters: homo mere litterosus, Cass. Hem. ap. Non. 133, 6.

Origins

From litterae (“letters, learning”) + -ōsus.

In English words that came into English from litterōsus

  • literoselitterōsus

Quick answers

What does litterōsus mean in Latin?
litterōsus, a adjective, means “cultured, learned”.
How do you pronounce litterōsus?
In classical Latin, [lɪt.tɛˈroː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [lit.teˈrɔː.s̬us].