ventriosus

Latin

Alternative forms

• ventrōsus
• ventruōsus

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin venter

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos

Latin -ōsus

Latin ventriōsus

From venter (“belly”) + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wɛn.triˈoː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ven.triˈɔː.s̬us]

Adjective

ventriōsus (feminine ventriōsa, neuter ventriōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. having a large belly, potbellied

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ventriōsus	ventriōsa	ventriōsum		ventriōsī	ventriōsae	ventriōsa
genitive	ventriōsī	ventriōsae	ventriōsī		ventriōsōrum	ventriōsārum	ventriōsōrum
dative	ventriōsō	ventriōsae	ventriōsō		ventriōsīs
accusative	ventriōsum	ventriōsam	ventriōsum		ventriōsōs	ventriōsās	ventriōsa
ablative	ventriōsō	ventriōsā	ventriōsō		ventriōsīs
vocative	ventriōse	ventriōsa	ventriōsum		ventriōsī	ventriōsae	ventriōsa

References

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