caenosus

caenosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin caenum
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.
Latin -ōsus
Latin caenōsus

    From caenum (“dirt, filth”) + -ōsus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    caenōsus (feminine caenōsa, neuter caenōsum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. muddy, foul
      caenōsus gurges ― the foul whirlpool (an epithet for the Styx)

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative caenōsus caenōsa caenōsum caenōsī caenōsae caenōsa
    genitive caenōsī caenōsae caenōsī caenōsōrum caenōsārum caenōsōrum
    dative caenōsō caenōsae caenōsō caenōsīs
    accusative caenōsum caenōsam caenōsum caenōsōs caenōsās caenōsa
    ablative caenōsō caenōsā caenōsō caenōsīs
    vocative caenōse caenōsa caenōsum caenōsī caenōsae caenōsa

    Alternative forms

    References

    • “caenosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “caenosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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