fluidus

fluidus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti?
Latin fluō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin fluidus

    From fluō + -idus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    fluidus (feminine fluida, neuter fluidum, superlative fluidissimus); first/second-declension adjective

    1. liquid, fluid, flowing
    2. soft, feeble, moist

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative fluidus fluida fluidum fluidī fluidae fluida
    genitive fluidī fluidae fluidī fluidōrum fluidārum fluidōrum
    dative fluidō fluidae fluidō fluidīs
    accusative fluidum fluidam fluidum fluidōs fluidās fluida
    ablative fluidō fluidā fluidō fluidīs
    vocative fluide fluida fluidum fluidī fluidae fluida

    Descendants

    • Catalan: fluid
    • → Middle English: fluid

    References

    • “fluidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “fluidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “fluidus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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