damnosus

Latin

Etymology

From damnō (“I condemn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /damˈnoː.sus/, [d̪ämˈnoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /damˈno.sus/, [d̪ämˈnɔːs̬us]

Adjective

damnōsus (feminine damnōsa, neuter damnōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. causing damage, injurious, destructive
2. prodigal

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	damnōsus	damnōsa	damnōsum		damnōsī	damnōsae	damnōsa
Genitive	damnōsī	damnōsae	damnōsī		damnōsōrum	damnōsārum	damnōsōrum
Dative	damnōsō		damnōsō		damnōsīs
Accusative	damnōsum	damnōsam	damnōsum		damnōsōs	damnōsās	damnōsa
Ablative	damnōsō	damnōsā	damnōsō		damnōsīs
Vocative	damnōse	damnōsa	damnōsum		damnōsī	damnōsae	damnōsa

Descendants

• Asturian: dañosu
• English: damnous
• French: damneux
• Italian: dannoso
• Portuguese: danoso
• Romanian: dăunos
• Spanish: dañoso

References

• “damnosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “damnosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• damnosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Langenscheidt Pocket Latin Dictionary. Berlin: Langenschedit, 1966.