adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
pruīnōsus
pruīnōsus (feminine pruīnōsa, neuter pruīnōsum)
Classical[pru.iːˈnoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[pru.iˈnɔː.s̬us]
Meaning
- adjectivefrosty
- adjectivefrosted (or living in a frosty environment) (as a taxonomic epithet)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pruīnōsus | pruīnōsa | pruīnōsum |
| genitive | pruīnōsī | pruīnōsae | pruīnōsī |
| dative | pruīnōsō | pruīnōsae | pruīnōsō |
| accusative | pruīnōsum | pruīnōsam | pruīnōsum |
| ablative | pruīnōsō | pruīnōsā | pruīnōsō |
| vocative | pruīnōse | pruīnōsa | pruīnōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pruīnōsī | pruīnōsae | pruīnōsa |
| genitive | pruīnōsōrum | pruīnōsārum | pruīnōsōrum |
| dative | pruīnōsīs | pruīnōsīs | pruīnōsīs |
| accusative | pruīnōsōs | pruīnōsās | pruīnōsa |
| ablative | pruīnōsīs | pruīnōsīs | pruīnōsīs |
| vocative | pruīnōsī | pruīnōsae | pruīnōsa |
prŭīnōsus, a, um, adj. pruina.
I. Full of hoar-frost, frosty, rimy:
herbae, Ov. M. 4, 82: nox, id. Am. 2, 19, 22: axis (Aurorae), id. ib. 1, 6, 65; 1, 13, 2: equi Noctis, id. P. 1, 2, 56: caeli status, Col. 4, 23, 2. —* II. Transf.: panni, cold, i. e. affording no warmth, Petr. 83 fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
pruīnōsus adj.
pruina, full of hoar-frost, frosty, rimy : herbae, O.: nox, O.
Origins
From pruīna + -ōsus.
In English words that came into English from pruīnōsus
- pruinosepruīnōsus