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villosus, -a, -um hairy, shaggy
Type of Adjective: Villosus has three endings. It is Latin adjective of the first and second declensions.
English Derivative: (According to Online Etymology Dictionary) velour.
Example and Tip:
Pliny's ghost story uses the adjective in the form villosos. Determine which case it is in by running through the paradigm in your mind or by consulting the paradigm below.
You may be interested to know that the word villosus is used in the Latin term for the Hairy Woodpecker, Picoides villosus. See more on the woodpecker in Roman mythology.
Full Declension
| CASE | Masc. | Fem. | Neut. |
| Singular | |||
| Nom. | villosus | villosa | villosum |
| Gen. | villosus | villosae | villosi |
| Dat. | villoso | villosae | villoso |
| Acc. | villosum | villosam | villosum |
| Abl. | villoso | villosa | villoso |
| Plural | |||
| Nom. | villosi | villosae | villosa |
| Gen. | villosorum | villosarum | villosorum |
| Dat. | villosis | villosis | villosis |
| Acc. | villosos | villosas | villosa |
| Abl. | villosis | villosis | villosis |
