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cavernosus

cavernosus

Latin

Adjective

cavernōsus m ‎(feminine cavernōsa, neuter cavernōsum); first/second declension

Full of hollows or cavities.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	cavernōsus	cavernōsa	cavernōsum		cavernōsī	cavernōsae	cavernōsa
genitive	cavernōsī	cavernōsae	cavernōsī		cavernōsōrum	cavernōsārum	cavernōsōrum
dative	cavernōsō	cavernōsae	cavernōsō		cavernōsīs
accusative	cavernōsum	cavernōsam	cavernōsum		cavernōsōs	cavernōsās	cavernōsa
ablative	cavernōsō	cavernōsā	cavernōsō		cavernōsīs
vocative	cavernōse	cavernōsa	cavernōsum		cavernōsī	cavernōsae	cavernōsa

Related terms

cavernō
cavernula
cavō

cavōsitas
cavum aedium
cavus

Descendants

English: cavernous
French: caverneux
Italian: cavernoso

References

cavernosus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
CAVERNOSUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cavernosus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.