hircosus

== Latin == === Etymology === From hircus (“goat”) +‎ -ōsus, possibly reflecting the meaning of the suffix “smelling like”. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɪrˈkoː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [irˈkɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === hircōsus (feminine hircōsa, neuter hircōsum); first/second-declension adjective (derogatory, vulgar) smelling like a goat ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “hircosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “hircosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press