LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

nōdōsus

nōdōsus (feminine nōdōsa, neuter nōdōsum)
Classical[noːˈdoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[noˈdɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveknotty, knobby
  2. adjectivefigurativelytangled, intricate, difficult

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenōdōsusnōdōsanōdōsum
genitivenōdōsīnōdōsaenōdōsī
dativenōdōsōnōdōsaenōdōsō
accusativenōdōsumnōdōsamnōdōsum
ablativenōdōsōnōdōsānōdōsō
vocativenōdōsenōdōsanōdōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenōdōsīnōdōsaenōdōsa
genitivenōdōsōrumnōdōsārumnōdōsōrum
dativenōdōsīsnōdōsīsnōdōsīs
accusativenōdōsōsnōdōsāsnōdōsa
ablativenōdōsīsnōdōsīsnōdōsīs
vocativenōdōsīnōdōsaenōdōsa

nōdōsus, a, um, adj. nodus,
I. full of knots, knotty (syn. geniculatus).
I. Lit.: stipes, Ov. H. 10, 101: robur, Val. Fl. 8, 298: lina, nets, Ov. M. 3, 153; so, plagae, id. F. 6, 110: vitis, Juv. 8, 247: ossa, the bones of the neck, the cervical vertebræ, Luc. 8, 672: rami, Sen. Ep. 12, 1: fructus, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 176: cheragra (so called from its producing blains and knots on the fingers), Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 31: podagra, Ov. P. 1, 3, 23.—
II. Trop., knotty, intricate, difficult (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): quaestiones, Macr. S. 7, 1 med.—Sup.: nodosissimi libri enodati, Aug. Conf. 4, 16: Cicuta, familiar with the intricacies of the law, Hor. S. 2, 3, 69; so, nodosam exsolvite stipem, Val. Max. 2, 9, 1 (dub.).—Hence, adv.: nōdōsē, intricately, obscurely (post-class.); comp.: nodosius, Tert. Res. Carn. 46.

Origins

From nōdus + -ōsus.

Borrowings
  • Englishnodose
  • Portuguesenodoso
  • Spanishnodoso
  • Interlinguanodose
Insular Romance
  • Sardiniannodosu
  • Sardiniannudosu
Balkano-Romance
  • Romaniannodos
Italo-Romance
  • Italiannodoso
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchnoueuxfrom Old French noous
  • Normannoueuxfrom Old French noous
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalannuós
  • Limousinnoassós
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishnudoso

In English words that came into English from nōdōsus

  • nodosenōdōsus
  • nodositynodositas
  • nodosaurnōdōsus

Quick answers

What does nōdōsus mean in Latin?
nōdōsus, a adjective, means “knotty, knobby; tangled, intricate, difficult”.
How do you pronounce nōdōsus?
In classical Latin, [noːˈdoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [noˈdɔː.s̬us].
Which English words come from nōdōsus?
English words that go back to Latin nōdōsus include nodose, nodosaur and nodosity.