liquidus

From Latin liquidus. Doublet of liquid.

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liquidus (plural liquidi or liquiduses)

1. (chemistry, physics) A line, in a phase diagram, above which a given substance is a stable liquid and below which solid and liquid are in equilibrium. [from 1900]

   Coordinate terms: solidus, solvus

• solidus

From liqueō (“to be liquid”) + -idus.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈlɪ.kʷɪ.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.kʷi.dus]

liquidus (feminine liquida, neuter liquidum, comparative liquidior, superlative liquidissimus, adverb liquidē or liquidō); first/second-declension adjective

1. liquid, fluid, flowing

   Antonym: solidus

2. clear, transparent, limpid
3. (figuratively) without interruption, smooth, fluid, flowing
4. (figuratively) clear, calm, serene, peaceful
5. (figuratively) unadulterated, unmixed, pure
6. (figuratively) clear, manifest, evident, obvious, certain

First/second-declension adjective.

• “liquidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “liquidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “liquidus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• liquidus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016