lepidus

Latin

Etymology

From *lep- +‎ -idus (adjective-forming suffix), with the same root as the noun lepōs (“charm, grace”). It is uncertain whether the noun or adjective was formed first; the origin of the root is also unclear.[1] See lepōs for possible cognates.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lepidus (feminine lepida, neuter lepidum, superlative lepidissimus, adverb lepidē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. pleasant, charming
  2. witty
  3. effeminate

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative lepidus lepida lepidum lepidī lepidae lepida
genitive lepidī lepidae lepidī lepidōrum lepidārum lepidōrum
dative lepidō lepidae lepidō lepidīs
accusative lepidum lepidam lepidum lepidōs lepidās lepida
ablative lepidō lepidā lepidō lepidīs
vocative lepide lepida lepidum lepidī lepidae lepida

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “lepōs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335

Further reading

  • “lepidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lepidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “lepidus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “lepidus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “lepidus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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