nitidus

Latin

FWOTD – 31 July 2019

Etymology

From niteō (“to shine”) +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ti.dus/, [ˈnɪt̪ɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ti.dus/, [ˈniːt̪id̪us]

Adjective

nitidus (feminine nitida, neuter nitidum, comparative nitidior, superlative nitidissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. shining, polished, glittering
2. handsome, beautiful, good-looking
3. (of persons) healthy-looking, well conditioned
4. (of animals) sleek, plump
   • Horace, Q. Horatii Flacci Satiræ. The Satires of Horace, in Philip Francis, A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace, With the Original Text, vol. 2, 1749, publ. by A. Millar, page 178, line 214.

     Si quis lecticâ nitidam geſtare amet agnam;

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. (of plants) blooming, fertile
6. (of speech or writing) cultivated, refined

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nitidus	nitida	nitidum		nitidī	nitidae	nitida
Genitive	nitidī	nitidae	nitidī		nitidōrum	nitidārum	nitidōrum
Dative	nitidō		nitidō		nitidīs
Accusative	nitidum	nitidam	nitidum		nitidōs	nitidās	nitida
Ablative	nitidō	nitidā	nitidō		nitidīs
Vocative	nitide	nitida	nitidum		nitidī	nitidae	nitida

Descendants

• Eastern Romance:
  • Romanian: neted
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: nidiu
• Old Galician-Portuguese: nedio
  • Galician: nidio
  • Portuguese: nédio
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: nidio
• Vulgar Latin: *nittus
  • Italian: netto
  • Old French: net

    Anglo-Norman: neit

    • → Middle English: *nete
      • English: neat
      • Scots: neat

    • French: net
      • → Romanian: net
      • → Spanish: neto
      • → Turkish: net
    • → Middle Dutch: net
      • Dutch: net
      • → Middle High German: nett (Lower Rhenish)
        • Alemannic German: nett
        • German: nett
          • → Danish: net
    • → Middle English: net, nette
      • English: net
  • Old Occitan:
    • Occitan: net, ned
    • Old Catalan: nèdeu
      • Catalan: nèdol, net
        • → Spanish: neto
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Friulian: net
  • Sicilian: nettu
  • Venetian: néto
• → Catalan: nítid
• → English: nitid
• → French: nitide
• → Italian: nitido
• → Portuguese: nítido
• → Spanish: nítido

References

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