LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

spūmōsus

spūmōsus (feminine spūmōsa, neuter spūmōsum)
Classical[spuːˈmoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[spuˈmɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivefoaming; frothy

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativespūmōsusspūmōsaspūmōsum
genitivespūmōsīspūmōsaespūmōsī
dativespūmōsōspūmōsaespūmōsō
accusativespūmōsumspūmōsamspūmōsum
ablativespūmōsōspūmōsāspūmōsō
vocativespūmōsespūmōsaspūmōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativespūmōsīspūmōsaespūmōsa
genitivespūmōsōrumspūmōsārumspūmōsōrum
dativespūmōsīsspūmōsīsspūmōsīs
accusativespūmōsōsspūmōsāsspūmōsa
ablativespūmōsīsspūmōsīsspūmōsīs
vocativespūmōsīspūmōsaespūmōsa

spūmōsus, a, um, adj. spuma.
I. Lit., full of foam, foaming (poet. and in postAug. prose): unda, Verg. A. 6, 174: litora, Cat. 64, 121: undae, Ov. M. 1, 570: aequor, Luc. 2, 627: morsus equi, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 548: spumosus nec sanguineus (pulmo), Plin. 11, 37, 72, § 188.—Comp.: Addua, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 458.—*
II. Trop.: carmen, frothy, bombastic, Pers. 1, 96.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)poH(y)-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)póHy-mos
  3. Latinspūmōsus

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

Descendants
  • Catalanespumós
  • Frenchspumeux
  • Italianspumoso
  • Portugueseespumoso
  • Romanianspumos
  • Spanishespumoso
  • Aromanianspumos
  • Asturianesplumosu
  • Galicianespumoso

In English words that came into English from spūmōsus

  • spumousspūmōsus

Quick answers

What does spūmōsus mean in Latin?
spūmōsus, a adjective, means “foaming; frothy”.
How do you pronounce spūmōsus?
In classical Latin, [spuːˈmoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [spuˈmɔː.s̬us].
Where does spūmōsus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)poH(y)- → Proto-Indo-European *(s)póHy-mos → Latin spūmōsus.