LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

nemorōsus

nemorōsus (feminine nemorōsa, neuter nemorōsum)
Classical[nɛ.mɔˈroː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[ne.moˈrɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivewooded
  2. adjectiveshady

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenemorōsusnemorōsanemorōsum
genitivenemorōsīnemorōsaenemorōsī
dativenemorōsōnemorōsaenemorōsō
accusativenemorōsumnemorōsamnemorōsum
ablativenemorōsōnemorōsānemorōsō
vocativenemorōsenemorōsanemorōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenemorōsīnemorōsaenemorōsa
genitivenemorōsōrumnemorōsārumnemorōsōrum
dativenemorōsīsnemorōsīsnemorōsīs
accusativenemorōsōsnemorōsāsnemorōsa
ablativenemorōsīsnemorōsīsnemorōsīs
vocativenemorōsīnemorōsaenemorōsa

nĕmŏrōsus, a, um, adj. nemus,
I. full of woods, woody (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): Zacynthos, Verg. A. 3, 270 (cf. ὑλήεσσα Ζάκυνθος, Hom. Il. 9, 24): canes nemorosis montibus errant, Ov. A. A. 3, 427; Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 2: juga, Juv. 3, 191: convallis, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 30: hospitium, id. 35, 11, 38, § 121.—
II. Transf., full of foliage, bushy, shady: cupressus nemorosā vertice, Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9: silvae, Ov. M. 10, 687: nemorosi saxa Palati, id. F. 4, 815: bracchia, Sil. 13, 595: frondibus nemorosus, Vulg. Ezek. 31, 3.

Origins

From -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Englishnemorous
  • Portuguesenemoroso
  • Spanishnemoroso

Quick answers

What does nemorōsus mean in Latin?
nemorōsus, a adjective, means “wooded; shady”.
How do you pronounce nemorōsus?
In classical Latin, [nɛ.mɔˈroː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ne.moˈrɔː.s̬us].