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Latin

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Etymology

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From līmus (mud, slime) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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līmōsus (feminine līmōsa, neuter līmōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. miry, muddy, marshy, slimy

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

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Descendants

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  • Italian: limoso
  • Portuguese: limoso
  • Romanian: imos
  • Spanish: limoso

References

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