onustus

Latin

Alternative forms

• honustus

Etymology

Either formed in Latin from onus +‎ -tus or already from Proto-Indo-European *h₃enh₂ostos from *h₃énh₂os. See also Ancient Greek ὀνοστός (onostós, “to be blamed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oˈnus.tus/, [ɔˈnʊs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈnus.tus/, [oˈnust̪us]

Adjective

onustus (feminine onusta, neuter onustum); first/second-declension adjective

1. loaded with, laden, burdened, full of (coupled with genitive or ablative)

   aula onusta auri ― a pot full of gold

   ager praeda onustus ― a land loaded with plunder

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.4:

     In latrones praeda onustos impetus facere

     made attacks to the brigands loaded with plunder

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	onustus	onusta	onustum		onustī	onustae	onusta
Genitive	onustī	onustae	onustī		onustōrum	onustārum	onustōrum
Dative	onustō		onustō		onustīs
Accusative	onustum	onustam	onustum		onustōs	onustās	onusta
Ablative	onustō	onustā	onustō		onustīs
Vocative	onuste	onusta	onustum		onustī	onustae	onusta

Related terms

• onus

Descendants

• Italian: onusto
• Portuguese: onusto
• Spanish: onusto

References

• “onustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “onustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• onustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Clackson, James, Indo-European Word Formation: Proceedings from the International Conference, 2002
• DIZIONARIO LATINO OLIVETTI