lividus

Latin

Etymology

From līveō (“to be of a bluish color or livid; to envy”) +‎ -idus, alternatively a back-formation from līveō, which see.

Pronunciation

Adjective

līvidus (feminine līvida, neuter līvidum, superlative līvidissimus, adverb līvidē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. leaden, bluish, blue
  2. (especially, produced by beating, bruising, etc.) black and blue, livid
  3. (transferred sense) making livid, that is deadly
  4. (figurative) envious, invidious, spiteful, malicious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative līvidus līvida līvidum līvidī līvidae līvida
genitive līvidī līvidae līvidī līvidōrum līvidārum līvidōrum
dative līvidō līvidae līvidō līvidīs
accusative līvidum līvidam līvidum līvidōs līvidās līvida
ablative līvidō līvidā līvidō līvidīs
vocative līvide līvida līvidum līvidī līvidae līvida

Derived terms

Descendants

Translingual descendants
  • Catalan: lívid
  • → English: livid
  • French: livide
  • Galician: lívido
  • Italian: livido
  • Piedmontese: lìvid
  • Portuguese: lívido
  • Sicilian: lìvitu
  • Spanish: lívido

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic)      rāvus, pullus, mūrīnus (of livestock)      niger, āter, furvus, fuscus ("swarthy"), piceus (poetic)
             ruber, russus, rūbidus (dark), flammeus (poetic); rutilus, pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic)              rūfus, rutilus, rōbus (of oxen), croceus (poetic), aureus (poetic); fulvus (poetic), niger (of eyes), badius (of horses)              lūteus, flāvus ("blond"), lūridus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic)
             viridis, flāvus (poetic)              viridis, herbeus (of eyes), fulvus (poetic)              viridis, glaucus (poetic), caeruleus (poetic, only dark)
                          glaucus (poetic), caeruleus, caesius (of eyes)              caeruleus, līvidus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus (poetic)
             violāceus              purpureus (underlying shade)              roseus

References

  • “lividus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lividus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "lividus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “lividus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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