frontosus

frontosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin frons
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.
Latin -ōsus
Latin frontōsus

    From frons (“forehead”) + -ōsus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    frontōsus (feminine frontōsa, neuter frontōsum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. (of Janus) having multiple foreheads
    2. (figuratively) shameless, bold, foreward

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative frontōsus frontōsa frontōsum frontōsī frontōsae frontōsa
    genitive frontōsī frontōsae frontōsī frontōsōrum frontōsārum frontōsōrum
    dative frontōsō frontōsae frontōsō frontōsīs
    accusative frontōsum frontōsam frontōsum frontōsōs frontōsās frontōsa
    ablative frontōsō frontōsā frontōsō frontōsīs
    vocative frontōse frontōsa frontōsum frontōsī frontōsae frontōsa

    References

    • “frontosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "frontosus", 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)
    • “frontosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • frontosus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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