viridis
Latin
Etymology
From vireō (“to be green or verdant; to sprout new green growth; to flourish; to be lively or vigorous”), from Proto-Italic *wiziðis, from Proto-Indo-European *weys-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯i.ri.dis/, [ˈu̯ɪrɪd̪ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvi.ri.dis/, [ˈviːrid̪is]
Adjective
viridis (neuter viride, comparative viridior, superlative viridissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | viridis | viride | viridēs | viridia | |
Genitive | viridis | viridium | |||
Dative | viridī | viridibus | |||
Accusative | viridem | viride | viridēs viridīs |
viridia | |
Ablative | viridī | viridibus | |||
Vocative | viridis | viride | viridēs | viridia |
Related terms
Descendants
See also
albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.) | flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.) |
galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
References
- “viridis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “viridis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- viridis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Categories:
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