adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
nimbōsus
nimbōsus (feminine nimbōsa, neuter nimbōsum)
Classical[nɪmˈboː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[nimˈbɔː.s̬us]
Meaning
- adjectivestormy, rainy, surrounded by rain clouds
cum subitō adsurgēns flūctū nimbōsus Ōrīōn in vada caeca tulit [...].
“When suddenly, with the waves rising, stormy Orion drove [our ships] onto hidden shoals ….”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.535–536
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nimbōsus | nimbōsa | nimbōsum |
| genitive | nimbōsī | nimbōsae | nimbōsī |
| dative | nimbōsō | nimbōsae | nimbōsō |
| accusative | nimbōsum | nimbōsam | nimbōsum |
| ablative | nimbōsō | nimbōsā | nimbōsō |
| vocative | nimbōse | nimbōsa | nimbōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nimbōsī | nimbōsae | nimbōsa |
| genitive | nimbōsōrum | nimbōsārum | nimbōsōrum |
| dative | nimbōsīs | nimbōsīs | nimbōsīs |
| accusative | nimbōsōs | nimbōsās | nimbōsa |
| ablative | nimbōsīs | nimbōsīs | nimbōsīs |
| vocative | nimbōsī | nimbōsae | nimbōsa |
nimbōsus, a, um, adj. nimbus,
I. full of storms, stormy, rainy (cf.:
nubilus, nebulosus): fluctu nimbosus Orion, Verg. A. 1, 535: ventus, Ov. P. 2, 3, 27: aër, Luc. 5, 631: bruma, Stat. S. 1, 3, 89: montes, Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 109: ver, Juv. 4, 87: urbs, i. e. Rome, Plin. 26, 3, 8, § 16.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
nimbōsus adj.
nimbus, stormy, rainy : fluctu Orion, V.: ventus, O.: ver, Iu.
Origins
From nimbus + -osus.
In English words that came into English from nimbōsus
- nimbosenimbōsus