ponderosus

Latin

Etymology

from pondus (“weight”) +‎ -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”, adjectival suffix)

Pronunciation

Adjective

ponderōsus (feminine ponderōsa, neuter ponderōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. heavy, weighty, ponderous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ponderōsus ponderōsa ponderōsum ponderōsī ponderōsae ponderōsa
genitive ponderōsī ponderōsae ponderōsī ponderōsōrum ponderōsārum ponderōsōrum
dative ponderōsō ponderōsae ponderōsō ponderōsīs
accusative ponderōsum ponderōsam ponderōsum ponderōsōs ponderōsās ponderōsa
ablative ponderōsō ponderōsā ponderōsō ponderōsīs
vocative ponderōse ponderōsa ponderōsum ponderōsī ponderōsae ponderōsa

Descendants

  • Catalan: ponderós
  • → English: ponderous
  • French: pondéreux
  • Italian: ponderoso
  • Portuguese: ponderoso
  • Spanish: ponderoso

References

  • “ponderosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ponderosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "ponderosus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “ponderosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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