vadosus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-óm

Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm

Proto-Italic *waðom

Latin vadum

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Latin vadōsus

From vadum + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

vadōsus (feminine vadōsa, neuter vadōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. full of shallows

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vadōsus	vadōsa	vadōsum		vadōsī	vadōsae	vadōsa
genitive	vadōsī	vadōsae	vadōsī		vadōsōrum	vadōsārum	vadōsōrum
dative	vadōsō	vadōsae	vadōsō		vadōsīs
accusative	vadōsum	vadōsam	vadōsum		vadōsōs	vadōsās	vadōsa
ablative	vadōsō	vadōsā	vadōsō		vadōsīs
vocative	vadōse	vadōsa	vadōsum		vadōsī	vadōsae	vadōsa

Descendants

• English: vadose
• Italian: vadoso
• → Portuguese: vadoso
• Romanian: vădos
• Spanish: vadoso

References

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