undosus

Latin

Etymology

unda +‎ -ōsus

Adjective

undōsus (feminine undōsa, neuter undōsum, comparative undōsior, superlative undōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. abounding in waves, full of waves, flowing water, etc., wavy, stormy, surging, billowy
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.311–313:
      “[...] Quid, sī nōn arva aliēna domōsque
      ignōtās peterēs, sed Troia antīqua manēret,
      Troia per undōsum peterētur classibus aequor?”
      “Tell me why? – If you were not seeking foreign fields and unknown abodes, but instead ancient Troy remained standing, whyever would you aim your ships homewards across a storm-tossed sea?”

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative undōsus undōsa undōsum undōsī undōsae undōsa
Genitive undōsī undōsae undōsī undōsōrum undōsārum undōsōrum
Dative undōsō undōsō undōsīs
Accusative undōsum undōsam undōsum undōsōs undōsās undōsa
Ablative undōsō undōsā undōsō undōsīs
Vocative undōse undōsa undōsum undōsī undōsae undōsa

Descendants
  • Aromanian: undos
  • Catalan: ondós
  • Italian: ondoso
  • Portuguese: undoso
  • Romanian: undos
  • Spanish: ondoso, undoso

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