morosus

Latin

Etymology 1

mōs +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /moːˈroː.sus/, [moːˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈro.sus/, [moˈrɔːs̬us]

Adjective

mōrōsus (feminine mōrōsa, neuter mōrōsum, comparative mōrōsior, superlative mōrōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. captious, persnickety, fastidious, difficult (to please)
2. peevish, wayward, capricious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mōrōsus	mōrōsa	mōrōsum		mōrōsī	mōrōsae	mōrōsa
genitive	mōrōsī	mōrōsae	mōrōsī		mōrōsōrum	mōrōsārum	mōrōsōrum
dative	mōrōsō	mōrōsae	mōrōsō		mōrōsīs
accusative	mōrōsum	mōrōsam	mōrōsum		mōrōsōs	mōrōsās	mōrōsa
ablative	mōrōsō	mōrōsā	mōrōsō		mōrōsīs
vocative	mōrōse	mōrōsa	mōrōsum		mōrōsī	mōrōsae	mōrōsa

Derived terms

• mōrōsē
• mōrōsitās

Related terms

• mōs

Descendants

• English: morose

Etymology 2

mora (“delay”) +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /moˈroː.sus/, [mɔˈroːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈro.sus/, [moˈrɔːs̬us]

Adjective

morōsus (feminine morōsa, neuter morōsum, comparative mōrōsior, superlative mōrōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. slow (in coming), lingering

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	morōsus	morōsa	morōsum		morōsī	morōsae	morōsa
genitive	morōsī	morōsae	morōsī		morōsōrum	morōsārum	morōsōrum
dative	morōsō	morōsae	morōsō		morōsīs
accusative	morōsum	morōsam	morōsum		morōsōs	morōsās	morōsa
ablative	morōsō	morōsā	morōsō		morōsīs
vocative	morōse	morōsa	morōsum		morōsī	morōsae	morōsa

Derived terms

• morōsitās (Mediaeval)

Related terms

• mora
• moror

Descendants

• French: morose

References

• “morosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “morosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• morosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• morosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.