viridis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *weyziðis, from Proto-Indo-European *weys-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯i.ri.dis/, [ˈu̯ɪrɪd̪ɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ri.dis/, [ˈviːrid̪is]

Adjective

viridis (neuter viride, comparative viridior, superlative viridissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. green
2. young, fresh, lively, youthful

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	viridis	viride		viridēs	viridia
Genitive	viridis			viridium
Dative	viridī			viridibus
Accusative	viridem	viride		viridēs viridīs	viridia
Ablative	viridī			viridibus
Vocative	viridis	viride		viridēs	viridia

Related terms

• viridārium
• viride
• viridēscō
• viridia
• viridiārium
• viridicātus
• viriditās
• viridō

 

Descendants

• Late Latin: virdis (proscribed; see there for further descendants)
• → English: virid (learned)

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

candidus, albus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus	rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cineraceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)	āter, niger, piceus
pūniceus, murrinus, rūfus, ruber, russus, rubrīcus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius	rutilus, armeniacus, auranteus, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx	gilvus, helvus, fulvus, flāvus, croceus, pallidus, lūteus, blondinus (ML.)
galbus, galbinus, lūridus	viridis	prasinus
cȳaneus	caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), blavus (ML.)	glaucus; līvidus; venetus
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)	ostrīnus, amethystīnus	purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

• “viridis”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “viridis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• viridis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette