hirtus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *herztos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰérstos, from *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”), same root as horreo and hordeum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhiːr.tʊs], [ˈhɪr.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈir.tus] Bennett gives a long vowel /iː/ based on the vowel quality of the Romance descendants, but De Vaan omits a macron and gives an etymology that is inconsistent with a long vowel. === Adjective === hī̆rtus (feminine hī̆rta, neuter hī̆rtum); first/second-declension adjective hairy, shaggy rough, rude, unpolished ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== hī̆rsūtus ==== Descendants ==== → Esperanto: hirta → Italian: irto === References === === Further reading === “hirtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “hirtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "hirtus", 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) “hirtus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.