cavernosus

== Latin == === Etymology === From caverna (“a hollow, cave, cavity”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”, adjectival suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ka.wɛrˈnoː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.verˈnɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === cavernōsus (feminine cavernōsa, neuter cavernōsum); first/second-declension adjective full of hollows or cavities; cavernous ==== Inflection ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: cavernoso → Old French: caverneux French: caverneux→ Romanian: cavernos → Middle English: cavernous English: cavernous → Portuguese: cavernoso → Spanish: cavernoso === References === “cavernosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "cavernosus", 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) “cavernosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.