monstruosus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mōnstrum (“portent, monstrosity”) +‎ -ōsus (“full of”, suffix forming an augmentative adjective).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /mon.struˈoː.sus/, [mõː.strʊˈoː.sʊs]

Adjective

mōnstruōsus (feminine mōnstruōsa, neuter mōnstruōsum); first/second declension

  1. strange, preternatural, monstrous

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mōnstruōsus mōnstruōsa mōnstruōsum mōnstruōsī mōnstruōsae mōnstruōsa
Genitive mōnstruōsī mōnstruōsae mōnstruōsī mōnstruōsōrum mōnstruōsārum mōnstruōsōrum
Dative mōnstruōsō mōnstruōsae mōnstruōsō mōnstruōsīs mōnstruōsīs mōnstruōsīs
Accusative mōnstruōsum mōnstruōsam mōnstruōsum mōnstruōsōs mōnstruōsās mōnstruōsa
Ablative mōnstruōsō mōnstruōsā mōnstruōsō mōnstruōsīs mōnstruōsīs mōnstruōsīs
Vocative mōnstruōse mōnstruōsa mōnstruōsum mōnstruōsī mōnstruōsae mōnstruōsa

Descendants

References
  • monstruosus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • monstruosus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • monstruosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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