viridis
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- virdis (late, proscribed)
Etymology
[edit]From vireō (“flourish; be verdant”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) 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.
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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]- → English: virid (learned)
Reflexes of the late variant virdis:
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: (see there for further descendants)
- Borrowings:
See also
[edit]albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.) | flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.) |
galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, 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.