roridus

roridus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁rṓs
Proto-Italic *rōs
Latin rōs
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin rōridus

    From rōs (“dew”) + -idus.

    Adjective

    rōridus (feminine rōrida, neuter rōridum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. dewy, bedewed, wet with dew

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative rōridus rōrida rōridum rōridī rōridae rōrida
    genitive rōridī rōridae rōridī rōridōrum rōridārum rōridōrum
    dative rōridō rōridae rōridō rōridīs
    accusative rōridum rōridam rōridum rōridōs rōridās rōrida
    ablative rōridō rōridā rōridō rōridīs
    vocative rōride rōrida rōridum rōridī rōridae rōrida

    Descendants

    • → English: rorid
    • → Italian: rorido

    References

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