-idus
See also: idus
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- -cidus (enlargement)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *-iðos, from Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁-os, a thematized formation from *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place”), originally attached to i-stems.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪ.dʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.dus] (stressed on antepenult)
Suffix
[edit]-idus (feminine -ida, neuter -idum); first/second-declension suffix
- (suffix forming adjectives) tending to
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | -idus | -ida | -idum | -idī | -idae | -ida | |
| genitive | -idī | -idae | -idī | -idōrum | -idārum | -idōrum | |
| dative | -idō | -idae | -idō | -idīs | |||
| accusative | -idum | -idam | -idum | -idōs | -idās | -ida | |
| ablative | -idō | -idā | -idō | -idīs | |||
| vocative | -ide | -ida | -idum | -idī | -idae | -ida | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “-idus” on page 821 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)