adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
rīmōsus
rīmōsus (feminine rīmōsa, neuter rīmōsum)
Classical[riːˈmoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[riˈmɔː.s̬us]
Meaning
- adjectivefull of cracks, chinks, or fissures; cracked
- adjectivechapped (of skin)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rīmōsus | rīmōsa | rīmōsum |
| genitive | rīmōsī | rīmōsae | rīmōsī |
| dative | rīmōsō | rīmōsae | rīmōsō |
| accusative | rīmōsum | rīmōsam | rīmōsum |
| ablative | rīmōsō | rīmōsā | rīmōsō |
| vocative | rīmōse | rīmōsa | rīmōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rīmōsī | rīmōsae | rīmōsa |
| genitive | rīmōsōrum | rīmōsārum | rīmōsōrum |
| dative | rīmōsīs | rīmōsīs | rīmōsīs |
| accusative | rīmōsōs | rīmōsās | rīmōsa |
| ablative | rīmōsīs | rīmōsīs | rīmōsīs |
| vocative | rīmōsī | rīmōsae | rīmōsa |
rīmōsus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. full of cracks, chinks, or fissures (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.:
fores, Prop. 2, 17 (3, 9), 16: cymba, Verg. A. 6, 414: aedificium (with fissum), Col. 1, 5, 10: vasa, Juv. 3, 270.— Comp.: pulmo, Gell. 17, 11, 1.—II. Trop.:
quae rimosā bene deponuntur in aure, i. e. that keeps nothing secret, Hor. S. 2, 6, 46: nihil in eā (animā) rimosum est ac remissum, Ambros. Cant. Cantic. 1, § 52.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
rīmōsus adj.
rima, full of cracks, abounding in chinks : cymba, V.: vasa, Iu.—Fig.: rimosā deponi in aure, i. e. in the ear of a babbler , H.
Origins
From rīma + -ōsus.
In English words that came into English from rīmōsus
- rimoserīmōsus