dumosus

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dūmōsus: (also dummosus; old form dusmōsus, like Casmena, Casmili, etc., Liv. Andron. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 67, 5 Müll.), a, um, adj. dumus,
I full of thornbushes, bushy (rare): rupes, Verg. E. 1, 77; cf. saxa, Ov. M. 10, 535: montes, Col. 4, 33, 5; colles, id. Poët. 10, 150: arva, Verg. G. 2, 180.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dūmōsus,¹⁵ a, um, (dumus), couvert de ronces, de broussailles, de buissons : Virg. B. 1, 76 ; G. 2, 180.