bituminosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *gʷétuder.

Latin *bitū

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Italic *-mn̥

Latin -men

Latin bitūmen

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ō̆tsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Latin bitūminōsus

From bitūmen + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [bɪ.tuː.mɪˈnoː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [bi.tu.miˈnɔː.s̬us]

Adjective

bitūminōsus (feminine bitūminōsa, neuter bitūminōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. bituminous (of or relating to bitumen)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	bitūminōsus	bitūminōsa	bitūminōsum		bitūminōsī	bitūminōsae	bitūminōsa
genitive	bitūminōsī	bitūminōsae	bitūminōsī		bitūminōsōrum	bitūminōsārum	bitūminōsōrum
dative	bitūminōsō	bitūminōsae	bitūminōsō		bitūminōsīs
accusative	bitūminōsum	bitūminōsam	bitūminōsum		bitūminōsōs	bitūminōsās	bitūminōsa
ablative	bitūminōsō	bitūminōsā	bitūminōsō		bitūminōsīs
vocative	bitūminōse	bitūminōsa	bitūminōsum		bitūminōsī	bitūminōsae	bitūminōsa

Descendants

• → Italian: bituminoso (learned)
• → Portuguese: betuminoso (learned)
• → Spanish: bituminoso (learned)

References

• “bituminosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bituminosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.