absurdus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *swonh₂éyeti

Proto-Italic *swonaō

Latin sonō

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *-os

Archaic Latin -os

Latin -us

Latin -sonus

Latin absonus

Proto-Indo-European *swer-der.

Latin surdus

blend

Latin absurdus

Blend of absonus + surdus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [apˈsʊr.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [abˈsur.dus]

Adjective

absurdus (feminine absurda, neuter absurdum, comparative absurdior, superlative absurdissimus, adverb absurdē); first/second-declension adjective

1. discordant, harsh
2. incongruous, inconsistent, illogical
3. silly, stupid, senseless, absurd, worthless

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	absurdus	absurda	absurdum		absurdī	absurdae	absurda
genitive	absurdī	absurdae	absurdī		absurdōrum	absurdārum	absurdōrum
dative	absurdō	absurdae	absurdō		absurdīs
accusative	absurdum	absurdam	absurdum		absurdōs	absurdās	absurda
ablative	absurdō	absurdā	absurdō		absurdīs
vocative	absurde	absurda	absurdum		absurdī	absurdae	absurda

Derived terms

• absurdē
• absurditas
• perabsurdus
• subabsurdus

Descendants

• Catalan: absurd
• Dutch: absurd
• English: absurd
• French: absurde
• Galician: absurdo
• German: absurd
• Italian: assurdo
• Yiddish: אַבסורד (absurd)
• Norwegian Bokmål: absurd
• Portuguese: absurdo
• Romanian: absurd
• Russian: абсу́рд (absúrd), абсу́рдный (absúrdnyj)
• Spanish: absurdo
• Swedish: absurd

References

• “absurdus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “absurdus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “absurdus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)