nimbosus

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

nimbōsus (feminine nimbōsa, neuter nimbōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. stormy, rainy, surrounded by rain clouds
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.535–536:
      “cum subitō adsurgēns flūctū nimbōsus Ōrīōn
      in vada caeca tulit [...].”
      “When suddenly, with the waves rising, stormy Orion drove [our ships] onto hidden shoals [...].”

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative nimbōsus nimbōsa nimbōsum nimbōsī nimbōsae nimbōsa
Genitive nimbōsī nimbōsae nimbōsī nimbōsōrum nimbōsārum nimbōsōrum
Dative nimbōsō nimbōsō nimbōsīs
Accusative nimbōsum nimbōsam nimbōsum nimbōsōs nimbōsās nimbōsa
Ablative nimbōsō nimbōsā nimbōsō nimbōsīs
Vocative nimbōse nimbōsa nimbōsum nimbōsī nimbōsae nimbōsa

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