viridis
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From vireō (“flourish; be verdant”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯i.ri.dis/, [ˈu̯ɪrɪd̪ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvi.ri.dis/, [ˈviːrid̪is]
Adjective[edit]
viridis (neuter viride, comparative viridior, superlative viridissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Vulgar Latin: *viridia, *virididiāre, *viriditia, *viridūra (see there for further descendants)
- → English: virid (learned)
Reflexes of the syncopic variant virdis:
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings:
See also[edit]
albus, candidus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
ruber, rūfus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.) | flāvus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.) |
galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), blāvus (LL.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
References[edit]
- “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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette