adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
vacerrōsus
vacerrōsus (feminine vacerrōsa, neuter vacerrōsum)
Classical[wa.kɛrˈroː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[va.t͡ʃerˈrɔː.s̬us]
Meaning
- adjectivemad, crazed, demented
[…]; ponit assidue et pro stulto "baceolum" et pro pullo "pulleiaceum" et pro cerrito "vacerrosum" et [...]
[…] ; he always used to write "baceolus" instead of stultus (foolish), "pulleiaceus" (dark) instead of pullus, and "vacerrosus" for cerritus, and …121 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum Vita divi Augusti 87
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vacerrōsus | vacerrōsa | vacerrōsum |
| genitive | vacerrōsī | vacerrōsae | vacerrōsī |
| dative | vacerrōsō | vacerrōsae | vacerrōsō |
| accusative | vacerrōsum | vacerrōsam | vacerrōsum |
| ablative | vacerrōsō | vacerrōsā | vacerrōsō |
| vocative | vacerrōse | vacerrōsa | vacerrōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vacerrōsī | vacerrōsae | vacerrōsa |
| genitive | vacerrōsōrum | vacerrōsārum | vacerrōsōrum |
| dative | vacerrōsīs | vacerrōsīs | vacerrōsīs |
| accusative | vacerrōsōs | vacerrōsās | vacerrōsa |
| ablative | vacerrōsīs | vacerrōsīs | vacerrōsīs |
| vocative | vacerrōsī | vacerrōsae | vacerrōsa |
văcerrōsus, a, um, adj. vacerra, II., freq. used by the emperor Augustus for cerritus,
I. mad, crazed, crack-brained, acc. to Suet. Aug. 87.
Origins
From vacerra + -ōsus, only attested in Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum (Aug.87) as a favourite word of the emperor Augustus.