adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
rāmōsus
rāmōsus (feminine rāmōsa, neuter rāmōsum, superlative rāmōsissimus)
Classical[raːˈmoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[raˈmɔː.s̬us]
Meaning
- adjectivebranching
- adjectivebranchy, having many branches
lucus erat felix ... Silvani ramosa domus
1990 translation by G. P. Goold A lush grove there was ... the leafy abode of Silvanus (literally, “There was a fruitful grove .. the branchy home of Silvanus”)30 BCE – 16 BCE, Propertius, Elegiae 4.4.3–5
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
branching
rāmōsus -a -um — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rāmōsus | rāmōsa | rāmōsum |
| genitive | rāmōsī | rāmōsae | rāmōsī |
| dative | rāmōsō | rāmōsae | rāmōsō |
| accusative | rāmōsum | rāmōsam | rāmōsum |
| ablative | rāmōsō | rāmōsā | rāmōsō |
| vocative | rāmōse | rāmōsa | rāmōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rāmōsī | rāmōsae | rāmōsa |
| genitive | rāmōsōrum | rāmōsārum | rāmōsōrum |
| dative | rāmōsīs | rāmōsīs | rāmōsīs |
| accusative | rāmōsōs | rāmōsās | rāmōsa |
| ablative | rāmōsīs | rāmōsīs | rāmōsīs |
| vocative | rāmōsī | rāmōsae | rāmōsa |
rāmōsus, a, um, adj. ramus,
I. full of boughs, having many branches, branching, branchy.
I. Lit.:
arbor, Lucr. 5, 1096: ilex, Ov. M. 8, 237; cf.: domus Silvani, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 5. stipes, Ov. F. 3, 751. — Comp.: lappago, Plin. 26, 10, 65, § 102. — Sup., Tert. Apol. 35.—II. Transf., branching:
cornua cervi, Verg. E. 7, 30: corpora, Lucr. 2, 446; Claud. Cons. Stil. 3, 291: radices, Plin. 21, 15, 52, § 89.— Comp.: folium, Plin. 21, 10, 32, § 58. — Sup.: curalium, Plin. 32, 2, 11, § 22.—Poet., of the clouds, branchy, forked, Lucr. 6, 133.—Of the Lernæan hydra, from whose trunk young serpents grew out like branches, Ov. M. 9, 73: vitae nescius error diducit mentes ramosa in compita, into many devious ways, Pers. 5, 35.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
rāmōsus adj.
ramus, full of boughs, having many branches, branching, branchy : stipes, O.: cornua cervi, V.: hydra ramosa natis e caede colubris, O.
Origins
From rāmus + -ōsus.
Gallo-Romance
- Catalanramós
- Frenchrameux
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueseramoso
- Spanishramoso
Borrowings
- Englishramose
- Englishramous
Italo-Romance
- Italianramoso