nivosus

== Latin == === Etymology === Derived from the oblique stem niv- of nix (“snow”) +‎ -ōsus (“-ous”, adjective-forming derivational suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɪˈwoː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [niˈvɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === nivōsus (feminine nivōsa, neuter nivōsum); first/second-declension adjective full of snow, snowy ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== nix nivātus nivālis niveus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “nivosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nivosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “nivosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.