voluptuosus

== Latin == === Etymology === From voluptās (“pleasure, delight”) +‎ -(u)ōsus, with the ending taken from adjectives such as virtuōsus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɔ.ɫʊp.tuˈoː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vo.lup.tuˈɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === voluptuōsus (feminine voluptuōsa, neuter voluptuōsum); first/second-declension adjective (post-Augustan) agreeable, delightful, pleasant ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== English: voluptuous French: voluptueux Italian: voluttuoso Portuguese: voluptuoso Romanian: voluptuos Spanish: voluptuoso === References === “voluptuosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “voluptuosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.