limpidus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Of unclear origin. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“to shine”) and so cognate with Old Norse leiptr (“lightning”), Lithuanian liepsnà (“flame”), Ancient Greek λάμπω (lámpō, “to shine”), Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Latvian lāpa (“torch”).[1] Another theory links the word to limpor (“clear liquid”) and/or lympha (“clear river water”). Finally, an alternative theory derives the word, perhaps via a dialectal Sabellic form, from an unattested *limpē (“to be liquid”), from Proto-Italic *linkʷē, itself related to *linkʷō (“to leave”).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlim.pi.dus/, [ˈlʲɪmpɪd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlim.pi.dus/, [ˈlimpid̪us]
Adjective[edit]
limpidus (feminine limpida, neuter limpidum, superlative limpidissimus); first/second-declension adjective
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | limpidus | limpida | limpidum | limpidī | limpidae | limpida | |
| Genitive | limpidī | limpidae | limpidī | limpidōrum | limpidārum | limpidōrum | |
| Dative | limpidō | limpidō | limpidīs | ||||
| Accusative | limpidum | limpidam | limpidum | limpidōs | limpidās | limpida | |
| Ablative | limpidō | limpidā | limpidō | limpidīs | |||
| Vocative | limpide | limpida | limpidum | limpidī | limpidae | limpida | |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Balkan Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
References[edit]
- Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/ˈlɪmpid-u/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “limpidus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 33
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 342
Further reading[edit]
- “limpidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “limpidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- limpidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.