laboriosus

Latin

Etymology

From labor (“work, exertion”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /la.boː.riˈoː.sus/, [ɫ̪äboːriˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /la.bo.riˈo.sus/, [läboriˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

labōriōsus (feminine labōriōsa, neuter labōriōsum, superlative labōriōsissimus, adverb labōriōsē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. laborious, toilsome, demanding
  2. industrious, hard-working

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative labōriōsus labōriōsa labōriōsum labōriōsī labōriōsae labōriōsa
Genitive labōriōsī labōriōsae labōriōsī labōriōsōrum labōriōsārum labōriōsōrum
Dative labōriōsō labōriōsō labōriōsīs
Accusative labōriōsum labōriōsam labōriōsum labōriōsōs labōriōsās labōriōsa
Ablative labōriōsō labōriōsā labōriōsō labōriōsīs
Vocative labōriōse labōriōsa labōriōsum labōriōsī labōriōsae labōriōsa

Derived terms

Descendants
  • English: laborious
  • French: laborieux
  • Italian: laborioso
  • Portuguese: laborioso
  • Spanish: laborioso

References
  • “laboriosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “laboriosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • laboriosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • laboriosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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