LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

vacerrōsus

vacerrōsus (feminine vacerrōsa, neuter vacerrōsum)
Classical[wa.kɛrˈroː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[va.t͡ʃerˈrɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. 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

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevacerrōsusvacerrōsavacerrōsum
genitivevacerrōsīvacerrōsaevacerrōsī
dativevacerrōsōvacerrōsaevacerrōsō
accusativevacerrōsumvacerrōsamvacerrōsum
ablativevacerrōsōvacerrōsāvacerrōsō
vocativevacerrōsevacerrōsavacerrōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevacerrōsīvacerrōsaevacerrōsa
genitivevacerrōsōrumvacerrōsārumvacerrōsōrum
dativevacerrōsīsvacerrōsīsvacerrōsīs
accusativevacerrōsōsvacerrōsāsvacerrōsa
ablativevacerrōsīsvacerrōsīsvacerrōsīs
vocativevacerrōsīvacerrōsaevacerrōsa

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.

Quick answers

What does vacerrōsus mean in Latin?
vacerrōsus, a adjective, means “mad, crazed, demented”.
How do you pronounce vacerrōsus?
In classical Latin, [wa.kɛrˈroː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [va.t͡ʃerˈrɔː.s̬us].