LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

sinuōsus

sinuōsus (feminine sinuōsa, neuter sinuōsum)
Classical[sɪ.nuˈoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[si.nuˈɔː.s̬us]
sinuōse sg. voc. m.

Meaning

  1. adjectivewinding, sinuous

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesinuōsussinuōsasinuōsum
genitivesinuōsīsinuōsaesinuōsī
dativesinuōsōsinuōsaesinuōsō
accusativesinuōsumsinuōsamsinuōsum
ablativesinuōsōsinuōsāsinuōsō
vocativesinuōsesinuōsasinuōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesinuōsīsinuōsaesinuōsa
genitivesinuōsōrumsinuōsārumsinuōsōrum
dativesinuōsīssinuōsīssinuōsīs
accusativesinuōsōssinuōsāssinuōsa
ablativesinuōsīssinuōsīssinuōsīs
vocativesinuōsīsinuōsaesinuōsa

sĭnŭōsus, a, um, adj. 1. sinus,
I. full of bendings, windings, or curves; full of folds, bent, winding, sinuous (poet. and in postAug. prose; syn. tortuosus).
I. Lit.: flexus anguis, Verg. G. 1, 244: volumina (serpentis), id. A. 11, 753: Maeander flexibus, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 113: arcus, Ov. Am. 1, 1, 23: vela, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 15. Ov. H. 8, 23: vestis, id. M. 5, 68: folia lateribus, Plin. 16, 6, 8, § 19 et saep.—
II. Trop.
A. Of style, full of digressions, diffuse: ratio narrandi, * Quint. 2, 4, 3: quaestio, Gell. 14, 2, 13.—
B. Sinuoso in pectore, in the recesses of my heart, Pers. 5, 27.—* Adv.: sĭnŭōsē, intricately, in a roundabout manner: dicere sinuosius atque sollertius, Gell. 12, 5, 6.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sinos
  2. Proto-Italic*sinus
  3. Latinsinuōsus

Latin -ōsus Latin sinuōsus From sinus + -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Catalansinuós
  • Englishsinuous
  • Frenchsinueux
  • Italiansinuoso
  • Occitansinuós
  • Portuguesesinuoso
  • Spanishsinuoso
  • Galiciansinuoso

In English words that came into English from sinuōsus

  • sinuoussinuōsus

Quick answers

What does sinuōsus mean in Latin?
sinuōsus, a adjective, means “winding, sinuous”.
How do you pronounce sinuōsus?
In classical Latin, [sɪ.nuˈoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [si.nuˈɔː.s̬us].
Where does sinuōsus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *sinos → Proto-Italic *sinus → Latin sinuōsus.