onustus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • honustus

Etymology

Either formed in Latin from onus +‎ -tus or already from Proto-Indo-European *h₃enh₂ostos from *h₃énh₂os. See also Ancient Greek ὀνοστός (onostós, “to be blamed”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

onustus (feminine onusta, neuter onustum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. loaded with, laden, burdened, full of (coupled with genitive or ablative)
    aula onusta auri ― a pot full of gold
    ager praeda onustus ― a land loaded with plunder

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative onustus onusta onustum onustī onustae onusta
Genitive onustī onustae onustī onustōrum onustārum onustōrum
Dative onustō onustō onustīs
Accusative onustum onustam onustum onustōs onustās onusta
Ablative onustō onustā onustō onustīs
Vocative onuste onusta onustum onustī onustae onusta

Descendants
  • Italian: onusto
  • Portuguese: onusto
  • Spanish: onusto

References
  • “onustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “onustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • onustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Clackson, James, Indo-European Word Formation: Proceedings from the International Conference, 2002
  • DIZIONARIO LATINO OLIVETTI
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