ruinosus

Latin

Etymology

ruīna +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ru.iːˈnoː.sus/, [ruiːˈnoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ru.iˈno.sus/, [ruiˈnɔːs̬us]

Adjective

ruīnōsus (feminine ruīnōsa, neuter ruīnōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. ruined, tumbledown
2. ruinous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ruīnōsus	ruīnōsa	ruīnōsum		ruīnōsī	ruīnōsae	ruīnōsa
genitive	ruīnōsī	ruīnōsae	ruīnōsī		ruīnōsōrum	ruīnōsārum	ruīnōsōrum
dative	ruīnōsō	ruīnōsae	ruīnōsō		ruīnōsīs
accusative	ruīnōsum	ruīnōsam	ruīnōsum		ruīnōsōs	ruīnōsās	ruīnōsa
ablative	ruīnōsō	ruīnōsā	ruīnōsō		ruīnōsīs
vocative	ruīnōse	ruīnōsa	ruīnōsum		ruīnōsī	ruīnōsae	ruīnōsa

Descendants

• Asturian: ruinosu
• Catalan: ruïnós
• English: ruinous
• French: ruineux
• Italian: rovinoso
• Norman: ruinneux
• Portuguese: ruinoso
• Romanian: ruinos
• Sardinian: arruinósu
• Spanish: ruinoso
• Venetan: rovinóxo

References

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