LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

ūlīginōsus

ūlīginōsus (feminine ūlīginōsa, neuter ūlīginōsum)
Classical[uː.liː.ɡɪˈnoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[u.li.d͡ʒiˈnɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivewet, damp
  2. adjectiveswampy, marshy

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeūlīginōsusūlīginōsaūlīginōsum
genitiveūlīginōsīūlīginōsaeūlīginōsī
dativeūlīginōsōūlīginōsaeūlīginōsō
accusativeūlīginōsumūlīginōsamūlīginōsum
ablativeūlīginōsōūlīginōsāūlīginōsō
vocativeūlīginōseūlīginōsaūlīginōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeūlīginōsīūlīginōsaeūlīginōsa
genitiveūlīginōsōrumūlīginōsārumūlīginōsōrum
dativeūlīginōsīsūlīginōsīsūlīginōsīs
accusativeūlīginōsōsūlīginōsāsūlīginōsa
ablativeūlīginōsīsūlīginōsīsūlīginōsīs
vocativeūlīginōsīūlīginōsaeūlīginōsa

ūlīgĭnōsus, a, um, adj. uligo,
I. full of moisture, wet, moist, damp, marshy (syn. umidus): locus, Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 6: campi, Col. 2, 4, 3: terra, Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 33: caprile, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 6: viscera, i. e. dropsical, Arn. 1, 30.—Subst.: ūlīgĭnōsa, ōrum, n. (sc. loca), swamps, marshes, Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 176.

Origins

From ūlīgo (“moisture, dampness”) + -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Catalanuliginós
  • Englishuliginose
  • Frenchuligineux
  • Romanianuliginosfrom French uligineux
  • Italianuliginoso
  • Portugueseuliginoso
  • Spanishuliginoso
  • Galicianulixinoso

In English words that came into English from ūlīginōsus

  • uliginousūlīginōsus

Quick answers

What does ūlīginōsus mean in Latin?
ūlīginōsus, a adjective, means “wet, damp; swampy, marshy”.
How do you pronounce ūlīginōsus?
In classical Latin, [uː.liː.ɡɪˈnoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [u.li.d͡ʒiˈnɔː.s̬us].