strigosus
Latin
Etymology
From striga (“furrow, strip”) + -ōsus (“full of”), referring to the hollow grooves between the ribs that appear in lean bodies.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /striˈɡoː.sus/, [s̠t̪rɪˈɡoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /striˈɡo.sus/, [st̪riˈɡɔːs̬us]
Adjective
strigōsus (feminine strigōsa, neuter strigōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- lean, meagre
- c. 177 CE, Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 4.20.11:
- equum nimis strigōsum et male habitum, sed equitem eius ūberrimum et habitissimum vīdērunt
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | strigōsus | strigōsa | strigōsum | strigōsī | strigōsae | strigōsa | |
| Genitive | strigōsī | strigōsae | strigōsī | strigōsōrum | strigōsārum | strigōsōrum | |
| Dative | strigōsō | strigōsō | strigōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | strigōsum | strigōsam | strigōsum | strigōsōs | strigōsās | strigōsa | |
| Ablative | strigōsō | strigōsā | strigōsō | strigōsīs | |||
| Vocative | strigōse | strigōsa | strigōsum | strigōsī | strigōsae | strigōsa | |
Related terms
References
- “strigosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “strigosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- strigosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- strigosus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
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