pandus

See also: Pandus

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. De Vaan says it is a "novel creation" from pandō, pandere (“to spread out”) + -us (forming adjectives). The verb pandō, pandāre (“to bend”) arose from pandus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpan.dus/, [ˈpän̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpan.dus/, [ˈpän̪d̪us]

Adjective

pandus (feminine panda, neuter pandum); first/second-declension adjective

1. bent, curved, turned

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pandus	panda	pandum		pandī	pandae	panda
Genitive	pandī	pandae	pandī		pandōrum	pandārum	pandōrum
Dative	pandō		pandō		pandīs
Accusative	pandum	pandam	pandum		pandōs	pandās	panda
Ablative	pandō	pandā	pandō		pandīs
Vocative	pande	panda	pandum		pandī	pandae	panda

Derived terms

• pandō (“to bend”)
• Pandus
• repandus

 

Descendants

• Galician: pando
• Spanish: pando

References

• “pandus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Noun

pandus

1. plural of pandu