numerosus

Latin

Etymology

From numerus +‎ -osus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [nʊ.mɛˈroː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [nu.meˈrɔː.s̬us]

Adjective

numerōsus (feminine numerōsa, neuter numerōsum, adverb numerōsē or numerōsiter); first/second-declension adjective

1. numerous, manifold, multiple, abundant
2. full of harmony or rhythm; harmonious, melodious, rhythmical, measured

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	numerōsus	numerōsa	numerōsum		numerōsī	numerōsae	numerōsa
genitive	numerōsī	numerōsae	numerōsī		numerōsōrum	numerōsārum	numerōsōrum
dative	numerōsō	numerōsae	numerōsō		numerōsīs
accusative	numerōsum	numerōsam	numerōsum		numerōsōs	numerōsās	numerōsa
ablative	numerōsō	numerōsā	numerōsō		numerōsīs
vocative	numerōse	numerōsa	numerōsum		numerōsī	numerōsae	numerōsa

Derived terms

• numerōsē
• numerōsitās
• numerōsiter

Related terms

• numerābilis
• numerālis
• numerārius
• numerātiō
• numerātor
• numerātus
• numerius
• numerō

Descendants

• Asturian: numberosu
• Catalan: nombrós
• Corsican: numerosu
• English: numerous
• French: nombreux
• Friulian: numerôs
• Italian: numeroso
• Occitan: nombrós
• Piedmontese: numeros
• Romanian: numeros
• Sicilian: nummirusu, nummurusu
• Spanish: numeroso

References

• “numerosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “numerosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “numerosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a numerous army: ingens, maximus exercitus (not numerosus)