perosus

== Latin == === Etymology === Perfect active participle of perōdī (“hate very much”), also analysable as an intensified form of per- +‎ ōsus, the perfect participle of ōdī. It replaced the prefix-less form in this function by the end of the Republic. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛˈroː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [peˈrɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === perōsus (feminine perōsa, neuter perōsum); first/second-declension adjective (active voice) hating, loathing, detesting, abhorring (passive voice, Late Latin) hated, loathed, hateful, odious ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== ōsus exōsus ōdī === References === “perosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “perosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “perosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “perōsus” on page 647 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)