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viridis
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Latin
Alternative forms
- virdis (late, proscribed)
Etymology
From vireō (“flourish; be verdant”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɪ.rɪ.dɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈviː.ri.d̪is]
Adjective
viridis (neuter viride, comparative viridior, superlative viridissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Related terms
Descendants
- → 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
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
- “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.
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