luridus

Latin

Etymology

From lūror (“sallowness, paleness”) (though De Vaan considers lūridus as the original, and lūror a derivative).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫuː.rɪ.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈluː.ri.dus]

Adjective

lūridus (feminine lūrida, neuter lūridum); first/second-declension adjective

1. pale yellow, wan, sallow, lurid
2. ghastly, horrifying

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lūridus	lūrida	lūridum		lūridī	lūridae	lūrida
genitive	lūridī	lūridae	lūridī		lūridōrum	lūridārum	lūridōrum
dative	lūridō	lūridae	lūridō		lūridīs
accusative	lūridum	lūridam	lūridum		lūridōs	lūridās	lūrida
ablative	lūridō	lūridā	lūridō		lūridīs
vocative	lūride	lūrida	lūridum		lūridī	lūridae	lūrida

Synonyms

• (ghastly, horrifying): cadāverōsus, foedus
• (wan): expallidus, exsanguis

Derived terms

• lurdus
• lūridātus

Related terms

• lūreō
• lūror

Descendants

• → English: lurid
• Asturian: llurdia
• Catalan: llord, llor
• Galician: lorda, ludro
• → Italian: lurido
• Occitan: lord
• Portuguese: ludro, lúrido
• Sicilian: lurdu

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic)	rāvus, pullus, mūrīnus (of livestock)	niger, āter, furvus, fuscus ("swarthy"), piceus (poetic)
ruber, russus, rūbidus (dark), flammeus (poetic); rutilus, pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic)	rūfus, rutilus, rōbus (of oxen), croceus (poetic), aureus (poetic); fulvus (poetic), niger (of eyes), badius (of horses)	lūteus, flāvus ("blond"), lūridus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic)
viridis, flāvus (poetic)	viridis, herbeus (of eyes), fulvus (poetic)	viridis, glaucus (poetic), caeruleus (poetic, only dark)
	glaucus (poetic), caeruleus, caesius (of eyes)	caeruleus, līvidus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus (poetic)
violāceus	purpureus (underlying shade)	roseus

Further reading

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