rixosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin rixa

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ō̆tsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Latin rixōsus

From rixa + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

rixōsus (feminine rixōsa, neuter rixōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. quarrelsome, pugnacious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	rixōsus	rixōsa	rixōsum		rixōsī	rixōsae	rixōsa
genitive	rixōsī	rixōsae	rixōsī		rixōsōrum	rixōsārum	rixōsōrum
dative	rixōsō	rixōsae	rixōsō		rixōsīs
accusative	rixōsum	rixōsam	rixōsum		rixōsōs	rixōsās	rixōsa
ablative	rixōsō	rixōsā	rixōsō		rixōsīs
vocative	rixōse	rixōsa	rixōsum		rixōsī	rixōsae	rixōsa

Related terms

• rixor

Descendants

• Italian: rissoso
• Portuguese: rixoso
• Spanish: rijoso

References

• “rixosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rixosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• rixosus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016