comosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek κόμη (kómē)bor.

Latin coma

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ō̆tsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Latin comōsus

From coma (“hair”) + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔˈmoː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koˈmɔː.s̬us]

Adjective

comōsus (feminine comōsa, neuter comōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. hairy (having lots of, or long hair)
2. leafy (having many leaves)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	comōsus	comōsa	comōsum		comōsī	comōsae	comōsa
genitive	comōsī	comōsae	comōsī		comōsōrum	comōsārum	comōsōrum
dative	comōsō	comōsae	comōsō		comōsīs
accusative	comōsum	comōsam	comōsum		comōsōs	comōsās	comōsa
ablative	comōsō	comōsā	comōsō		comōsīs
vocative	comōse	comōsa	comōsum		comōsī	comōsae	comōsa

References

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