luridus
Latin
Etymology
From lūror (“sallowness, paleness”) (though De Vaan considers lūridus as the original, and lūror a derivative).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫuː.rɪ.dʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈluː.ri.dus]
Adjective
lūridus (feminine lūrida, neuter lūridum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | lūridus | lūrida | lūridum | lūridī | lūridae | lūrida | |
| genitive | lūridī | lūridae | lūridī | lūridōrum | lūridārum | lūridōrum | |
| dative | lūridō | lūridae | lūridō | lūridīs | |||
| accusative | lūridum | lūridam | lūridum | lūridōs | lūridās | lūrida | |
| ablative | lūridō | lūridā | lūridō | lūridīs | |||
| vocative | lūride | lūrida | lūridum | lūridī | lūridae | lūrida | |
Synonyms
- (ghastly, horrifying): cadāverōsus, foedus
- (wan): expallidus, exsanguis
Derived terms
- lurdus
- lūridātus
Related terms
- lūreō
- lūror
Descendants
See also
| 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
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “lūridus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 354
Further reading
- “luridus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “luridus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “luridus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.