iugosus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From iugum +‎ -ōsus.

Adjective

iugōsus (feminine iugōsa, neuter iugōsum, comparative iugōsior, superlative iugōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (poetic) mountainous
    • 16 BCE, Ovid, Amores, Book One, lines 9-10:
      Quis probet in silvis Cererem regnare iugosis, / lege pharetratae Virginis arva coli?
      Who might approve Ceres to rule in mountainous woods, and fields to be cultivated by the quivered virgin's law?

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative iugōsus iugōsa iugōsum iugōsī iugōsae iugōsa
Genitive iugōsī iugōsae iugōsī iugōsōrum iugōsārum iugōsōrum
Dative iugōsō iugōsō iugōsīs
Accusative iugōsum iugōsam iugōsum iugōsōs iugōsās iugōsa
Ablative iugōsō iugōsā iugōsō iugōsīs
Vocative iugōse iugōsa iugōsum iugōsī iugōsae iugōsa

References
  • “iugosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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