morosus

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *mōs

Latin mōs

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.

Proto-Italic *-ōdsos

Latin -ōsus

Latin mōrōsus

From mōs + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [moːˈroː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [moˈrɔː.s̬us]

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
• Italian: moroso

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Latin mora

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der.

Proto-Italic *-ōdsos

Latin -ōsus

Latin morōsus

From mora (“delay”) + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɔˈroː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [moˈrɔː.s̬us]

Adjective

morōsus (feminine morōsa, neuter morōsum, comparative morōsior, superlative morōsissimus); 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
• Italian: moroso

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, 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.