LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

pūmicōsus

pūmicōsus (feminine pūmicōsa, neuter pūmicōsum)

Meaning

  1. adjectiveporous, spongy

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepūmicōsuspūmicōsapūmicōsum
genitivepūmicōsīpūmicōsaepūmicōsī
dativepūmicōsōpūmicōsaepūmicōsō
accusativepūmicōsumpūmicōsampūmicōsum
ablativepūmicōsōpūmicōsāpūmicōsō
vocativepūmicōsepūmicōsapūmicōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepūmicōsīpūmicōsaepūmicōsa
genitivepūmicōsōrumpūmicōsārumpūmicōsōrum
dativepūmicōsīspūmicōsīspūmicōsīs
accusativepūmicōsōspūmicōsāspūmicōsa
ablativepūmicōsīspūmicōsīspūmicōsīs
vocativepūmicōsīpūmicōsaepūmicōsa

pūmĭcōsus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. like pumice-stone, i. e. porous: terra, Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 34; Vitr. 2, 3: lapis, Plin. 36, 19, 34, § 141. —Comp.: halcyoneum, Plin. 32, 8, 27, § 86.

Origins

From pūmex.

Quick answers

What does pūmicōsus mean in Latin?
pūmicōsus, a adjective, means “porous, spongy”.