LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

vīnōsus

vīnōsus (feminine vīnōsa, neuter vīnōsum, comparative vīnōsior)
Classical[wiːˈnoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[viˈnɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivefond of wine; wine-bibbing
  2. adjectivehaving the flavor of wine; vinous

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevīnōsusvīnōsavīnōsum
genitivevīnōsīvīnōsaevīnōsī
dativevīnōsōvīnōsaevīnōsō
accusativevīnōsumvīnōsamvīnōsum
ablativevīnōsōvīnōsāvīnōsō
vocativevīnōsevīnōsavīnōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevīnōsīvīnōsaevīnōsa
genitivevīnōsōrumvīnōsārumvīnōsōrum
dativevīnōsīsvīnōsīsvīnōsīs
accusativevīnōsōsvīnōsāsvīnōsa
ablativevīnōsīsvīnōsīsvīnōsīs
vocativevīnōsīvīnōsaevīnōsa

vīnōsus, a, um, adj. vinum,
I. full of wine, drunk with wine; fond of wine, winebibbing (syn.: temulentus, ebrius): non modo vinosus, sed virosus quoque, Scip. Afric. ap. Gell. 7, 12, 5: laudibus arguitur vini vinosus Homerus, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 6: modice vinosi, drunken, Liv. 41, 4, 4: convivia, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 17; id. A. A. 3, 330: moris sucus in carne vinosus, having the taste or flavor of wine, Plin. 15, 24, 27, § 97: sapor seminis nardi, id. 12, 13, 27, § 47: odor seminis ambrosiae, id. 27, 4, 11, § 28: genus Punicorum, id. 13, 19, 34, § 113.—Comp.: aetas, Ov. F. 3, 765.—Sup.: lena, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 79.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weh₁y-?
  2. Latinvīnōsus

Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ōder. Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnum Latin -ōsus Latin vīnōsus From vīnum + -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Catalanvinós
  • Englishvinous
  • Frenchvineux
  • Italianvinoso
  • Occitanvinós
  • Portuguesevinhoso
  • Portuguesevinoso
  • Romanianvinos
  • Spanishvinoso
  • Friulianvinôs

In English words that came into English from vīnōsus

  • vinousvīnōsus
  • vinosityvinositas

Quick answers

What does vīnōsus mean in Latin?
vīnōsus, a adjective, means “fond of wine; wine-bibbing; having the flavor of wine”.
How do you pronounce vīnōsus?
In classical Latin, [wiːˈnoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [viˈnɔː.s̬us].
Where does vīnōsus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? → Latin vīnōsus.