spinosus

== Latin == === Etymology === From spīna (“thorn”) + -ōsus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [spiːˈnoː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [spiˈnɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === spīnōsus (feminine spīnōsa, neuter spīnōsum); first/second-declension adjective thorny, prickly ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== porcus spīnōsus (“hedgehog”) ==== Descendants ==== === References === “spinosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “spinosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “spinosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.