viridicatus

Latin

Etymology

Has the form of a perfect passive participle from an unattested verb *viridicō from viridis (“green”) +‎ -icō (verb-forming suffix). Compare viridicāns (“greenish”). Or possibly from an unattested adjective *viridicus (from viridis (“green”) +‎ -icus), via viridicus +‎ -ātus (“-ed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯i.ri.diˈkaː.tus/, [u̯ɪrɪd̪ɪˈkäːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vi.ri.diˈka.tus/, [virid̪iˈkäːt̪us]

Adjective

viridicātus (feminine viridicāta, neuter viridicātum); first/second-declension adjective

1. made green, greened

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	viridicātus	viridicāta	viridicātum		viridicātī	viridicātae	viridicāta
genitive	viridicātī	viridicātae	viridicātī		viridicātōrum	viridicātārum	viridicātōrum
dative	viridicātō	viridicātae	viridicātō		viridicātīs
accusative	viridicātum	viridicātam	viridicātum		viridicātōs	viridicātās	viridicāta
ablative	viridicātō	viridicātā	viridicātō		viridicātīs
vocative	viridicāte	viridicāta	viridicātum		viridicātī	viridicātae	viridicāta

References

• “viridicatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “viridicatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers