What does pulverulentus mean in Latin?

pulverulentus, a adjective, means “dusty, pulverulent, full of dust, dust-raising, resembling a cloud of dust; toilsome”.

How do you pronounce pulverulentus?

In classical Latin, [pʊɫ.wɛ.rʊˈɫɛn.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pul.ve.ruˈlɛn.tus].

adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

pulverulentus (feminine pulverulenta, neuter pulverulentum)

Classical[pʊɫ.wɛ.rʊˈɫɛn.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[pul.ve.ruˈlɛn.tus]

adjectivedusty, pulverulent, full of dust, dust-raising, resembling a cloud of dust
[...] aliā dē parte patentīs trānsmittunt cursū campōs atque agmina cervī… and from another place appear — crossing open ground in their course — stags, gathering dusty herds to flee as they leave the hills.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.153–155
adjectivetoilsome

singular
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pulverulentus	pulverulenta	pulverulentum
genitive	pulverulentī	pulverulentae	pulverulentī
dative	pulverulentō	pulverulentae	pulverulentō
accusative	pulverulentum	pulverulentam	pulverulentum
ablative	pulverulentō	pulverulentā	pulverulentō
vocative	pulverulente	pulverulenta	pulverulentum

plural
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pulverulentī	pulverulentae	pulverulenta
genitive	pulverulentōrum	pulverulentārum	pulverulentōrum
dative	pulverulentīs	pulverulentīs	pulverulentīs
accusative	pulverulentōs	pulverulentās	pulverulenta
ablative	pulverulentīs	pulverulentīs	pulverulentīs
vocative	pulverulentī	pulverulentae	pulverulenta

pulvĕrŭlentus, a, um, adj. id..

I. Lit., full of dust, dusty: via, Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1: aestas, Verg. G. 1, 66: femina, Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 7: amnis, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 96; hence, also: Ceres, covered with dust in summer, Lucr. 5, 742: agmina, Verg. A. 4, 154.—

II. Trop., attended with labor: praemia militiae, i. e. toilsome, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 4: virtus, Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 3.

From pulvis (“dust”) + -ulentus (“full of, abounding in”).

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