-osus

osus ošus Latin Alternative forms la -ōssus older form la <alt:-ōnsus> found in la formōnsus, possibly the result of hypercorrection Etymology la -ōsus suffix full of :inh itc-ola:-ōssus<ety:inh<itc-pro:<alt:*-ō̆tsos><unc><ety:der<ine-pro:<alt:*h₃édos><ety:af<ine-pro:*h₃ed-<id:smell>><ine-pro:*-os<id:athematic>>><unc:1>>>>> + From older la -ōssus. Likely reflects a la ine-pro - derivation ine-pro *-h₃d-s-o-s from an athematic s-stem ine-pro *h₃éd-os ~ ine-pro *h₃éd-esos smell whence la odor, from the root ine-pro *h₃ed- smell to smell.de Niedermann Max de:Max Niedermann (Altphilologe) 1899 Studien zur Geschichte der lateinischen Wortbildung<t:Studies on the History of Latin Word Formation> w:Indogermanische Forschungen 10 1 Walter de Gruyter 10.1515/9783110242522.221 246296 23 Originally meaning smelling like, as evidenced possibly by la hircōsus smelling like a goat and la vinōsus fond of wine, *reeking of wine?, it would have later generalised into full of. Compare related grc -ώδης smelling like; full of and xcl -ոտ which underwent the same semantic change. Alternatively, a derivation from la ine-pro *-wénts has also been proposed, through a form such as ine-pro *-wont-to- by suffixation of ine-pro *-tós.fr Haudry Jean Jean Haudry 1979 L'indo-européen w:Presses Universitaires de France 58 978-2-13-036163-3 This would make it a cognate of grc -οῦς. Pronunciation -ōsus Suffix -ōsus used to form adjectives from nouns; -ose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to) la nervus sinew, energy -ōsus nervōsus sinewy; nervous; energetic la racēmus cluster, bunch -ōsus racēmōsus clustering la ventus wind -ōsus ventōsus windy la lacrima teardrop -ōsus lacrimōsus weeping teary; tearful la lūmen light -ōsus lūminōsus bright full of light Declension -ōsus Derived terms la Descendants rup -os -osu ast -osu ca -ós frp -ox fur -ôs it -oso oc -ós roa-opt -oso gl -oso pt -oso fro -us osp -oso lad -ozo -וזו es -oso ro -os sc -osu -ossu scn -usu mt -uż 1 vec -oxo -óxo cel-bry-pro *-ʉs 1 br -us kw -us wlm -us fr -ose 1 en -ose 1 de -os 1 References