viscosus

== Latin == === Etymology === From viscum (“mistletoe, birdlime”) + -ōsus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɪsˈkoː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [visˈkɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === viscōsus (feminine viscōsa, neuter viscōsum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin) full of birdlime, viscous, sticky ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “viscosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "viscosus", 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) “viscosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. L&S