animosus

From animus (“mind, soul; courage, will”) + -ōsus.

animōsus (feminine animōsa, neuter animōsum, comparative animōsior, superlative animōsissimus, adverb animōsē); first/second-declension adjective

1. courageous/full of courage, brave, bold, undaunted
2. adamant, determined, wilful
3. aggressive, ardent, fervent, vehement
4. prideful, proud
5. angry, wrathful

   Synonyms: furiōsus, īrātus

6. irritable, predisposed to anger

   Synonym: īrācundus

7. elated, euphoric, joyful, jubilant

   Synonyms: exsultāns, iūbilāns

8. enthusiastic, spirited, vehement, vigorous

First/second-declension adjective.

• animōsē
• animōsitās

• Catalan: animós
• Italian: animoso
• Portuguese: animoso
• Spanish: animoso

From anima (“air, breeze, breath; soul, spirit, life”) + -ōsus.

animōsus (feminine animōsa, neuter animōsum, comparative animōsior, superlative animōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. spirited
   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 1.19:

     ...animum autem alii animam, ut fere nostri declarat nomen: nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus et animosos...

     ...some would have the soul, or spirit, to be the anima, as our schools generally agree; and indeed the name signifies as much, for we use the expressions animam agere, to live; animam efflare, to expire; animosi, men of spirit...

2. full of air, airy
3. full of life, alive, living, animated

First/second-declension adjective.

• “animosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “animosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “animosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.