acidus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From aceō (“I am sour”) + -idus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈa.ki.dus/, [ˈäkɪd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.t͡ʃi.dus/, [ˈäːt͡ʃid̪us]
Adjective
[edit]acidus (feminine acida, neuter acidum, comparative acidior, superlative acidissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- sour, tart, acid, bitter
- (of sound) harsh, grating, rough, shrill
- (figuratively) disagreeable, unpleasant; sharp, keen, pungent; sharp-tongued
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | acidus | acida | acidum | acidī | acidae | acida | |
genitive | acidī | acidae | acidī | acidōrum | acidārum | acidōrum | |
dative | acidō | acidae | acidō | acidīs | |||
accusative | acidum | acidam | acidum | acidōs | acidās | acida | |
ablative | acidō | acidā | acidō | acidīs | |||
vocative | acide | acida | acidum | acidī | acidae | acida |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “acidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “acidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- acidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.