cuniculosus

Latin

Etymology

From cunīculus +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cunīculōsus (feminine cunīculōsa, neuter cunīculōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (hapax legomenon) abounding in rabbits or caves (unclear)
    • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 37.17–20:
      tū praeter omnēs ūne dē capillātis,
      cunīculōsae Celtibēriae fīlī,
      Egnāti. Opācā quem bonum facit barbā
      et dens Hibēra dēfricātus ūrīnā.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative cunīculōsus cunīculōsa cunīculōsum cunīculōsī cunīculōsae cunīculōsa
genitive cunīculōsī cunīculōsae cunīculōsī cunīculōsōrum cunīculōsārum cunīculōsōrum
dative cunīculōsō cunīculōsae cunīculōsō cunīculōsīs
accusative cunīculōsum cunīculōsam cunīculōsum cunīculōsōs cunīculōsās cunīculōsa
ablative cunīculōsō cunīculōsā cunīculōsō cunīculōsīs
vocative cunīculōse cunīculōsa cunīculōsum cunīculōsī cunīculōsae cunīculōsa

References

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