globosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin globus

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ō̆tsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Latin globōsus

From globus + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

globōsus (feminine globōsa, neuter globōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. spherical, globular

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	globōsus	globōsa	globōsum		globōsī	globōsae	globōsa
genitive	globōsī	globōsae	globōsī		globōsōrum	globōsārum	globōsōrum
dative	globōsō	globōsae	globōsō		globōsīs
accusative	globōsum	globōsam	globōsum		globōsōs	globōsās	globōsa
ablative	globōsō	globōsā	globōsō		globōsīs
vocative	globōse	globōsa	globōsum		globōsī	globōsae	globōsa

Derived terms

• subglobōsus

Descendants

• → English: globose
• → Italian: globoso
• → Spanish: globoso

References

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