mucosus

Latin

Etymology

From mūcus +‎ -ōsus.

Adjective

mūcōsus (feminine mūcōsa, neuter mūcōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Late Latin) slimy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mūcōsus mūcōsa mūcōsum mūcōsī mūcōsae mūcōsa
Genitive mūcōsī mūcōsae mūcōsī mūcōsōrum mūcōsārum mūcōsōrum
Dative mūcōsō mūcōsō mūcōsīs
Accusative mūcōsum mūcōsam mūcōsum mūcōsōs mūcōsās mūcōsa
Ablative mūcōsō mūcōsā mūcōsō mūcōsīs
Vocative mūcōse mūcōsa mūcōsum mūcōsī mūcōsae mūcōsa

Descendants
  • Aromanian: mucos
  • Catalan: mocós
  • → Catalan: mucós
  • → English: mucous
  • → French: muqueux
  • → Italian: mucoso
  • Occitan: mocós
  • Portuguese: moncoso
  • → Portuguese: mucoso
  • Romanian: mucos
  • Sardinian: muccosu
  • Sicilian: muccusu
  • Spanish: mocoso
  • → Spanish: mucoso

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