morosi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →morosus, morosa, morosum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
hard to please, persnickety;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...propitio, male formido: novi ego huius mores morosi malos. quam ob rem amabo, mea voluptas, sine..."Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...sere, quod plena postmodo falce metas. Nec tibi morosi veniant fastidia morbi, Perque tuas fiant, quae sinet ipsa..."
