otiosus

Latin

Etymology

From ōtium (leisure) + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ōtiōsus (feminine ōtiōsa, neuter ōtiōsum, superlative ōtiōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. idle
  2. unemployed
  3. free from office

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

  • Catalan: ociós
  • English: otiose
  • Old French: oisos
  • Italian: ozioso
  • Portuguese: ocioso
  • Sicilian: uzziusu
  • Old Spanish: ocioso

References

  • otiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • otiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • otiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be at leisure: otiosum esse
    • to spend one's leisure hours on an object: otiosum tempus consumere in aliqua re
    • to devote all one's leisure moments to study: omne (otiosum) tempus in litteris consumere
    • the money is bringing in no interest, lies idle: pecunia iacet otiosa
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