liquidus

English

Etymology

From Latin liquidus. Doublet of liquid.

Pronunciation

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Noun

liquidus (plural liquidi or liquiduses)

1. (chemistry, physics) A line, in a phase diagram, above which a given substance is a stable liquid and below which solid and liquid are in equilibrium. [from 1900]

   Coordinate terms: solidus, solvus

See also

• solidus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wleykʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti

Proto-Italic *wlikʷēō

Latin liqueō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin liquidus

From liqueō (“to be liquid”) + -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈlɪ.kʷɪ.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.kʷi.dus]

Adjective

liquidus (feminine liquida, neuter liquidum, comparative liquidior, superlative liquidissimus, adverb liquidē or liquidō); first/second-declension adjective

1. liquid, fluid, flowing

   Antonym: solidus

2. clear, transparent, limpid
3. (figuratively) without interruption, smooth, fluid, flowing
4. (figuratively) clear, calm, serene, peaceful
5. (figuratively) unadulterated, unmixed, pure
6. (figuratively) clear, manifest, evident, obvious, certain

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	liquidus	liquida	liquidum		liquidī	liquidae	liquida
genitive	liquidī	liquidae	liquidī		liquidōrum	liquidārum	liquidōrum
dative	liquidō	liquidae	liquidō		liquidīs
accusative	liquidum	liquidam	liquidum		liquidōs	liquidās	liquida
ablative	liquidō	liquidā	liquidō		liquidīs
vocative	liquide	liquida	liquidum		liquidī	liquidae	liquida

Derived terms

• liquidē
• liquidior
• liquidissimē
• liquidissimus
• liquiditās
• liquidius
• liquidiusculus
• liquidō
• liquidum

Related terms

• liquefaciō
• liquefactiō
• liquēns
• liqueō
• liquēscō
• liquor

Descendants

• Catalan: líquid
• English: liquid
• French: liquide
• Galician: líquido
• Italian: liquido
• Piedmontese: lìquid
• Portuguese: líquido
• Romanian: lichid
• Sicilian: lìcutu
• Spanish: líquido

References

• “liquidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “liquidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “liquidus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• liquidus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016