adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
undōsus
undōsus (feminine undōsa, neuter undōsum, comparative undōsior, superlative undōsissimus)
Meaning
- adjectiveabounding in waves, full of waves, flowing water, etc., wavy, stormy, surging, billowy
“[...] Quid, sī nōn arva aliēna domōsque ignōtās peterēs, sed Troia antīqua manēret, Troia per undōsum peterētur classibus aequor?” “Tell me why? – If you were not seeking foreign fields and unknown abodes, but instead ancient Troy remained standing, whyever would you aim your ships homewards across a storm-tossed sea?”
29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.311–313
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | undōsus | undōsa | undōsum |
| genitive | undōsī | undōsae | undōsī |
| dative | undōsō | undōsae | undōsō |
| accusative | undōsum | undōsam | undōsum |
| ablative | undōsō | undōsā | undōsō |
| vocative | undōse | undōsa | undōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | undōsī | undōsae | undōsa |
| genitive | undōsōrum | undōsārum | undōsōrum |
| dative | undōsīs | undōsīs | undōsīs |
| accusative | undōsōs | undōsās | undōsa |
| ablative | undōsīs | undōsīs | undōsīs |
| vocative | undōsī | undōsae | undōsa |
undōsus, a, um, adj. unda,
I. full of waves or surges, surgy, billowy:
aequor, Verg. A. 4, 313: Plemyrium, id. ib. 3, 693: regna, Sil. 5, 21.—Comp.: fluctus, Sol. 12 fin.—Sup.: torrentes, Aug. Civ. Dei, 27, 11. —Adv.: undōsē, in waves; comp.: undosius labens, Amm. 27, 4, 7.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
undōsus adj.
unda, full of waves, surging, billowy : dei, sea-gods , Pr. (al. undisonus).
Origins
From unda + -ōsus.
Descendants
- Catalanondós
- Italianondoso
- Portugueseundoso
- Romanianundos
- Spanishondoso
- Spanishundoso
- Aromanianundos