LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

nebulōsus

nebulōsus (feminine nebulōsa, neuter nebulōsum)
Classical[nɛ.bʊˈɫoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[ne.buˈlɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivemisty, foggy, clouded
  2. adjectiveobscure

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenebulōsusnebulōsanebulōsum
genitivenebulōsīnebulōsaenebulōsī
dativenebulōsōnebulōsaenebulōsō
accusativenebulōsumnebulōsamnebulōsum
ablativenebulōsōnebulōsānebulōsō
vocativenebulōsenebulōsanebulōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenebulōsīnebulōsaenebulōsa
genitivenebulōsōrumnebulōsārumnebulōsōrum
dativenebulōsīsnebulōsīsnebulōsīs
accusativenebulōsōsnebulōsāsnebulōsa
ablativenebulōsīsnebulōsīsnebulōsīs
vocativenebulōsīnebulōsaenebulōsa

nĕbŭlōsus, a, um, adj. nebula,
I. full of mist or vapor, misty, foggy, cloudy, dark.
I. Lit.: ager si nebulosus est, Cato, R. R. 6: nebulosum et caliginosum caelum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 60: nebulosus et roscidus aër, Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 36: exhalatio, id. 31, 3, 27, § 44: dies nebulosi nubilive, Cels. 2, 1.—
B. Esp. of a fine texture, cloud-like, = νεφέλαι, nebulosa retia, Aus. Ep. 3, 5.—*
II. Trop., dark, difficult to understand: nomen, Gell. 20, 3, 3.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*nebʰ-
  2. Latinnebulōsus

Proto-Indo-European *nébʰosder. Proto-Italic *neβelā Latin nebula Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin nebulōsus From nebula + -ōsus.

Elsewhere
  • Catalannebulós
  • Englishnebulous
  • Italiannebuloso
  • Portuguesenebuloso
  • Romaniannebulos
  • Romanianneguros
  • Spanishnebuloso
  • Aromanianniguros
  • Aromaniannigurosu
  • Aromanianneguros
French
  • Frenchnieuleux
  • Frenchnieulleux
  • Frenchnébuleux
  • Germannebulösfrom French nébuleux
Occitan
  • Occitanneblós
  • Occitannebulós
Francoprovençal
  • Franco-Provençalniolós
  • Franco-Provençalnebulós

In English words that came into English from nebulōsus

  • nebulousnebulōsus
  • nebulosusnebulōsus

Quick answers

What does nebulōsus mean in Latin?
nebulōsus, a adjective, means “misty, foggy, clouded; obscure”.
How do you pronounce nebulōsus?
In classical Latin, [nɛ.bʊˈɫoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ne.buˈlɔː.s̬us].
Where does nebulōsus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *nebʰ- → Latin nebulōsus.