laboriosus

== Latin == === Etymology === From labor (“work, exertion”) +‎ -ōsus. However, the inserted -i- is enigmatic. It may be a result of analogy: cūra : cūriōsus = labor : ? === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫa.boː.riˈoː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [la.bo.riˈɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === labōriōsus (feminine labōriōsa, neuter labōriōsum, superlative labōriōsissimus, adverb labōriōsē); first/second-declension adjective laborious, toilsome, demanding industrious, hard-working ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== labōriōsē ==== Related terms ==== labor labōrō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “laboriosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “laboriosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "laboriosus", 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) “laboriosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.