hircosus

Latin

Etymology

From hircus (“goat”) +‎ -ōsus, possibly reflecting the meaning of the suffix “smelling like”.

Pronunciation

Adjective

hircōsus (feminine hircōsa, neuter hircōsum); first/second-declension adjective (derogatory, vulgar)

  1. smelling like a goat
    • c. 206 BCE – 188 BCE, Plautus, Mercator 574–575:
      ieiunitatis plenus, anima foetida, / senex hircosus tu osculere mulierem?
      Would you, full of hunger, with a foul breath, a goat-reeking old man, kiss a woman?
    • c. 62 CE, Persius, Saturae 3.77–78:
      hic aliquis de gente hircosa centurionum / dicat: […]
      Here someone of the goat-reeking centurion people might say: […]

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative hircōsus hircōsa hircōsum hircōsī hircōsae hircōsa
genitive hircōsī hircōsae hircōsī hircōsōrum hircōsārum hircōsōrum
dative hircōsō hircōsae hircōsō hircōsīs
accusative hircōsum hircōsam hircōsum hircōsōs hircōsās hircōsa
ablative hircōsō hircōsā hircōsō hircōsīs
vocative hircōse hircōsa hircōsum hircōsī hircōsae hircōsa

References

  • “hircosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “hircosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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