splendidus
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
From splendeō (“to shine”) + -idus (“tending to”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈspɫɛn.dɪ.dʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsplɛn.di.dus]
Adjective
splendidus (feminine splendida, neuter splendidum, comparative splendidior, superlative splendidissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- splendid, bright, glittering
- distinguished, noble, illustrious
- Synonyms: ēgregius, ēlegāns, cōnspicuus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | splendidus | splendida | splendidum | splendidī | splendidae | splendida | |
| genitive | splendidī | splendidae | splendidī | splendidōrum | splendidārum | splendidōrum | |
| dative | splendidō | splendidae | splendidō | splendidīs | |||
| accusative | splendidum | splendidam | splendidum | splendidōs | splendidās | splendida | |
| ablative | splendidō | splendidā | splendidō | splendidīs | |||
| vocative | splendide | splendida | splendidum | splendidī | splendidae | splendida | |
Descendants
- → Catalan: esplèndid
- → English: splendid
- → French: splendide
- → Italian: splendido
- → Portuguese: esplêndido
- → Romanian: splendid
- → Spanish: espléndido
References
- “splendidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “splendidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “splendidus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to prepare, give a feast, dinner: convivium instruere, apparare, ornare (magnifice, splendide)
- to prepare, give a feast, dinner: convivium instruere, apparare, ornare (magnifice, splendide)