sinuosus

Latin

Etymology

From sinus +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /si.nuˈoː.sus/, [s̠ɪnuˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /si.nuˈo.sus/, [sinuˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

sinuōsus (feminine sinuōsa, neuter sinuōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. winding, sinuous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sinuōsus	sinuōsa	sinuōsum		sinuōsī	sinuōsae	sinuōsa
genitive	sinuōsī	sinuōsae	sinuōsī		sinuōsōrum	sinuōsārum	sinuōsōrum
dative	sinuōsō	sinuōsae	sinuōsō		sinuōsīs
accusative	sinuōsum	sinuōsam	sinuōsum		sinuōsōs	sinuōsās	sinuōsa
ablative	sinuōsō	sinuōsā	sinuōsō		sinuōsīs
vocative	sinuōse	sinuōsa	sinuōsum		sinuōsī	sinuōsae	sinuōsa

Descendants

• → Catalan: sinuós (learned)
• → English: sinuous (learned)
• → French: sinueux (learned)
• → Galician: sinuoso (learned)
• → Italian: sinuoso (learned)
• → Occitan: sinuós (learned)
• → Portuguese: sinuoso (learned)
• → Spanish: sinuoso (learned)

Further reading

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