leprosus

== Latin == === Etymology === From lepra (“leprosy”) + -ōsus (“-ose”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫɛˈproː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [leˈprɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === leprōsus (feminine leprōsa, neuter leprōsum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin) leprous, having leprosy or the appearance of leprosy (New Latin, botany) leprose, having a scaly appearance ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== leprōsia, leprōsārium ==== Related terms ==== lepra ==== Descendants ==== English: leprous, leprose Italian: leproso Spanish: leproso → Translingual: Leprosa === References === “leprosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “leprosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.