gloriosus

Latin

Etymology

From glōria (“glory”) +‎ -osus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡloː.riˈoː.sus/, [ɡɫ̪oːriˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡlo.riˈo.sus/, [ɡloriˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

glōriōsus (feminine glōriōsa, neuter glōriōsum, comparative glōriōsior, superlative glōriōsissimus, adverb glōriōsē); first/second-declension adjective

1. glorious, full of glory

   Synonym: lautus

2. famous, renowned
3. boasting, boastful, haughty, conceited, proud, eager for glory
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.25.14:

     Nūbēs, et ventu, et pluviae nōn sequentēs, vir glōriōsus et prōmissa nōn conplēns.

     • 1752) translation by Douay-Rheims, Challoner rev.

       As clouds, and wind, when no rain followeth, so is the man that boasteth, and doth not fulfill his promises.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	glōriōsus	glōriōsa	glōriōsum		glōriōsī	glōriōsae	glōriōsa
genitive	glōriōsī	glōriōsae	glōriōsī		glōriōsōrum	glōriōsārum	glōriōsōrum
dative	glōriōsō	glōriōsae	glōriōsō		glōriōsīs
accusative	glōriōsum	glōriōsam	glōriōsum		glōriōsōs	glōriōsās	glōriōsa
ablative	glōriōsō	glōriōsā	glōriōsō		glōriōsīs
vocative	glōriōse	glōriōsa	glōriōsum		glōriōsī	glōriōsae	glōriōsa

Related terms

• glōria
• glōriātiō
• glōrior
• glōriōsē

Descendants

• → Dutch: glorieus
• → Galician: glorioso
• → Italian: glorioso
• → Old French: glorïos
  • Anglo-Norman: glorius, glorious
    • → Middle English: glorious
      • English: glorious
  • French: glorieux
• → Old Occitan: glorios
  • Occitan: gloriós
• → Portuguese: glorioso
• → Romanian: glorios
• → Spanish: glorioso

References

• “gloriosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gloriosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gloriosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)