adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
onustus
onustus (feminine onusta, neuter onustum)
Classical[ɔˈnʊs.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[oˈnus.tus]
Meaning
- adjectiveloaded with, laden, burdened, full of (coupled with genitive or ablative)
aula onusta auri
a pot full of goldager praeda onustus
a land loaded with plunder
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
onerātus, gravātusonustus -a -um — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 17
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | onustus | onusta | onustum |
| genitive | onustī | onustae | onustī |
| dative | onustō | onustae | onustō |
| accusative | onustum | onustam | onustum |
| ablative | onustō | onustā | onustō |
| vocative | onuste | onusta | onustum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | onustī | onustae | onusta |
| genitive | onustōrum | onustārum | onustōrum |
| dative | onustīs | onustīs | onustīs |
| accusative | onustōs | onustās | onusta |
| ablative | onustīs | onustīs | onustīs |
| vocative | onustī | onustae | onusta |
ŏnustus (hŏnust-), a, um, adj. onus,
I. loaded, laden, burdened, freighted, etc. (class.).
I. Lit.:
asellus onustus auro, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 12 (dub.): naves onustae frumento, id. Off. 3, 12: currus quinque liberis, Tac. A. 2, 41: magna vis camelorum onusta frumenti, id. ib. 15, 12.—B. Transf.
1. Filled, full, abounding in:
ager praedā onustus, Sall. J. 87, 1: pharetrae telis, Tac. A. 12, 13.—(b). With gen.:
auri, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 10.—2. Full, satisfied with food (anteclass.):
quia sum onusta mei ex sententiā, Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 7; id. Merc. 4, 4, 6: corpus, overloaded, Lucr. 3, 113.—II. Trop., loaded, burdened (ante-class.):
omnes exegit foras onustos fustibus, Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 7: corpus, burdened, weighed down with years, id. Men. 5, 2, 5: onustum pectus porto laetitiā lubentiāque, id. Stich. 2, 1, 3: fidicina dolis astutiisque, full of, id. Ep. 3, 2, 39: corpus hesternis vitiis, Hor. S. 2, 2, 77.— Sup.: carri onustissimi, Jul. Val. Res Gest. Alex. 2, 26, 14.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
onustus adj.
onus, loaded, laden, burdened, freighted: umerus, H.: asellus auro: spoliis, V.: ager praedā, S.: corpus hesternis vitiis, H.
Origins
Either formed in Latin from onus + -tus or already from Proto-Indo-European *h₃enh₂ostos from *h₃énh₂os. See also Ancient Greek ὀνοστός (onostós, “to be blamed”).
Descendants
- Italianonusto
- Portugueseonusto
- Spanishonusto