tuberosus

Latin

Etymology

From tūber (“lump, hump”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tuː.bɛˈroː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [tu.beˈrɔː.s̬us]

Adjective

tūberōsus (feminine tūberōsa, neuter tūberōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. lumpy (full of protuberances)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	tūberōsus	tūberōsa	tūberōsum		tūberōsī	tūberōsae	tūberōsa
genitive	tūberōsī	tūberōsae	tūberōsī		tūberōsōrum	tūberōsārum	tūberōsōrum
dative	tūberōsō	tūberōsae	tūberōsō		tūberōsīs
accusative	tūberōsum	tūberōsam	tūberōsum		tūberōsōs	tūberōsās	tūberōsa
ablative	tūberōsō	tūberōsā	tūberōsō		tūberōsīs
vocative	tūberōse	tūberōsa	tūberōsum		tūberōsī	tūberōsae	tūberōsa

Related terms

• tūber
• tūberculum

Descendants

• Italian: tuberoso
• Spanish: tuberoso

References

• “tuberosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "tuberosus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “tuberosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.