fructuosus

fructuosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg-
Proto-Italic *frūgjōr
Latin fruor
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin frūctus
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.
Latin -ōsus
Latin frūctuōsus

    From frūctus (“enjoyment, profit, fruit”) + -ōsus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    frūctuōsus (feminine frūctuōsa, neuter frūctuōsum, superlative frūctuōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

    1. fruitful, productive
    2. profitable, advantageous

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative frūctuōsus frūctuōsa frūctuōsum frūctuōsī frūctuōsae frūctuōsa
    genitive frūctuōsī frūctuōsae frūctuōsī frūctuōsōrum frūctuōsārum frūctuōsōrum
    dative frūctuōsō frūctuōsae frūctuōsō frūctuōsīs
    accusative frūctuōsum frūctuōsam frūctuōsum frūctuōsōs frūctuōsās frūctuōsa
    ablative frūctuōsō frūctuōsā frūctuōsō frūctuōsīs
    vocative frūctuōse frūctuōsa frūctuōsum frūctuōsī frūctuōsae frūctuōsa

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • English: fructuous
    • French: fructueux
    • Italian: fruttuoso
    • Portuguese: frutuoso
    • Spanish: fructuoso

    References

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