fascinosus

Latin

Etymology

From fascinum +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /fas.kiˈnoː.sus/, [fäs̠kɪˈnoːs̠ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /faʃ.ʃiˈno.sus/, [fäʃːiˈnɔːs̬us]

Adjective

fascinōsus (feminine fascinōsa, neuter fascinōsum, comparative fascinōsior); first/second-declension adjective

(vulgar) well-endowed, having a large penis
- 1st century CE, anonymous, Carmina Priapea 79:
  Priāpe, quod sīs fascinō gravis tentō,
  quod exprobrāvit hanc tibi suō versū
  poēta noster, ērubēscere hōc nōlī:
  nōn es poētā fascinōsior nostrō.

Declension

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References

fascinosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
fascinosus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, volume 1, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
“fascinosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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