pilosus

Latin

Etymology

pilus (“hair”) +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

Adjective

pilōsus (feminine pilōsa, neuter pilōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. hairy, shaggy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative pilōsus pilōsa pilōsum pilōsī pilōsae pilōsa
Genitive pilōsī pilōsae pilōsī pilōsōrum pilōsārum pilōsōrum
Dative pilōsō pilōsō pilōsīs
Accusative pilōsum pilōsam pilōsum pilōsōs pilōsās pilōsa
Ablative pilōsō pilōsā pilōsō pilōsīs
Vocative pilōse pilōsa pilōsum pilōsī pilōsae pilōsa

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Aromanian: piros, pirosu
  • Asturian: pelosu
  • Catalan: pilós
  • English: pilose
  • French: pileux
  • Friulian: pelôs
  • Galician: piloso
  • Italian: peloso, piloso
  • Portuguese: peloso, piloso
  • Romanian: păros
  • Sardinian: pilosu, pirosu
  • Sicilian: pilusu
  • Spanish: peloso, piloso
  • Venetian: pelos, peloxo, pełoxo

References
  • “pilosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pilosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pilosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pilosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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