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Latin
Etymology
Derived from algeō (“I am, feel cold”) + -idus (“tending towards”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
algidus (feminine algida, neuter algidum); first/second-declension adjective
- cold (i.e., so cold as to be uncomfortable)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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References
- “algidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “algidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- algidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “algidus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “algidus”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press