febriculosus

Latin

Etymology

febrīcula (“little fever”) +‎ -ōsus (“full of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fe.briː.kuˈloː.sus/, [fɛbriːkʊˈɫ̪oːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fe.bri.kuˈlo.sus/, [febrikuˈlɔːs̬us]

Adjective

febrīculōsus (feminine febrīculōsa, neuter febrīculōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. feverish, febrile
   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 6.4–5:

     verum nescio quid febriculosi
     scorti diligis: hoc pudet fateri.

     But some enfevered jade, I wot-not-what,
     Some piece thou lovest, blushing this to own.

   • c. 203 BCE, Plautus, Cistellaria 2.1.134:

     non quasi nunc haec sunt hic, limaces, lividae,
     febriculosae, miserae amicae, osseae

     not as now these are here, slimy, spiteful,
     feverish, miserable friends, bony

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	febrīculōsus	febrīculōsa	febrīculōsum		febrīculōsī	febrīculōsae	febrīculōsa
genitive	febrīculōsī	febrīculōsae	febrīculōsī		febrīculōsōrum	febrīculōsārum	febrīculōsōrum
dative	febrīculōsō	febrīculōsae	febrīculōsō		febrīculōsīs
accusative	febrīculōsum	febrīculōsam	febrīculōsum		febrīculōsōs	febrīculōsās	febrīculōsa
ablative	febrīculōsō	febrīculōsā	febrīculōsō		febrīculōsīs
vocative	febrīculōse	febrīculōsa	febrīculōsum		febrīculōsī	febrīculōsae	febrīculōsa

References

• “febriculosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “febriculosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• febriculosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.