viridis

Latin

Etymology

From the verb vireo (“to be verdant, to sprout”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwi.ri.dis/, [ˈwɪ.rɪ.dɪs]

Adjective

viridis (neuter viride); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

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	viridia
ablative	viridī			viridibus
vocative	viridis	viride		viridēs	viridia

Related terms

• viridārium
• viride
• viridēscō
• viridia

• viridiarium
• viridicātus
• viriditas
• virido

Descendants

• Albanian: verdhë
• Aromanian: veardi, vearde, veardzã (< viridia)
• Asturian: verde
• Breton: gwer
• Catalan: verd
• Cornish: gwyrdh, gwer
• Corsican: verde, verdi
• Dalmatian: viard
• English: vert, virid
• Franco-Provençal: vèrd
• French: vert
• Friulian: vert, verd
• Galician: verde

• Istriot: virdo
• Italian: verde, verza (< viridia)
• Ladin: vërt
• Occitan: verd
• Portuguese: verde, verça, berça (< viridia)
• Romanian: verde, varză (< viridia)
• Romansch: verd
• Sardinian: bidre, birde, virde
• Sicilian: virdi
• Spanish: verde, berza (< viridia)
• Venetian: vérdo, verdo
• Welsh: gwyrdd

References

• viridis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• viridis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “viridis” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)