LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

saetōsus

saetōsus (feminine saetōsa, neuter saetōsum)
Classical[sae̯ˈtoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[seˈtɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivebristly
  2. adjectiveshaggy

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesaetōsussaetōsa
sētōsa		saetōsum
sētōsum
genitivesaetōsī
sētōsī		saetōsae
sētōsae		saetōsī
sētōsī
dativesaetōsō
sētōsō		saetōsae
sētōsae		saetōsō
sētōsō
accusativesaetōsum
sētōsum		saetōsam
sētōsam		saetōsum
sētōsum
ablativesaetōsō
sētōsō		saetōsā
sētōsā		saetōsō
sētōsō
vocativesaetōse
sētōse		saetōsa
sētōsa		saetōsum
sētōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesaetōsī
sētōsī		saetōsae
sētōsae		saetōsa
sētōsa
genitivesaetōsōrum
sētōsōrum		saetōsārum
sētōsārum		saetōsōrum
sētōsōrum
dativesaetōsīs
sētōsīs		saetōsīs
sētōsīs		saetōsīs
sētōsīs
accusativesaetōsōs
sētōsōs		saetōsās
sētōsās		saetōsa
sētōsa
ablativesaetōsīs
sētōsīs		saetōsīs
sētōsīs		saetōsīs
sētōsīs
vocativesaetōsī
sētōsī		saetōsae
sētōsae		saetōsa
sētōsa

saetōsus (sēt-), a, um, adj. saeta,
I. full of coarse hairs or bristles, bristly, setous (mostly poet.; cf.: villosus, pilosus): aper, Verg. E. 7, 29; cf.: setosa membra (of the sailors of Ulysses, transformed into swine by Circe), Hor. Epod. 17, 15: aures tauri, Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181: frons, Hor. S. 1, 5, 61; cf. pectus, Cels. 2, 8: verbera, made of goats' hair, Prop. 4, 1, 25.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*seh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sh₂ey-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*séh₂it-o/eh₂-
  4. Proto-Italic*saitā
  5. Latinsaetōsus

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin saetōsus From saeta + -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Englishsetose
  • Frenchsoyeux
  • Italiansetoso
  • Normansouoyeux

In English words that came into English from saetōsus

  • setosesetosus

Quick answers

What does saetōsus mean in Latin?
saetōsus, a adjective, means “bristly; shaggy”.
How do you pronounce saetōsus?
In classical Latin, [sae̯ˈtoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [seˈtɔː.s̬us].
Where does saetōsus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey- → Proto-Indo-European *séh₂it-o/eh₂- → Proto-Italic *saitā → Latin saetōsus.