leprosus

leprosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin lepra
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.
Latin -ōsus
Latin leprōsus

    From lepra (“leprosy”) + -ōsus (“-ose”).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    leprōsus (feminine leprōsa, neuter leprōsum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. (Late Latin) leprous, having leprosy or the appearance of leprosy
    2. (New Latin, botany) leprose, having a scaly appearance

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative leprōsus leprōsa leprōsum leprōsī leprōsae leprōsa
    genitive leprōsī leprōsae leprōsī leprōsōrum leprōsārum leprōsōrum
    dative leprōsō leprōsae leprōsō leprōsīs
    accusative leprōsum leprōsam leprōsum leprōsōs leprōsās leprōsa
    ablative leprōsō leprōsā leprōsō leprōsīs
    vocative leprōse leprōsa leprōsum leprōsī leprōsae leprōsa

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • English: leprous, leprose
    • Italian: leproso
    • Spanish: leproso
    • → Translingual: Leprosa

    References

    • “leprosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “leprosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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