floridus

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Latin

Etymology

    From flōreō + -idus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    flōridus (feminine flōrida, neuter flōridum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. blooming
    2. flowery
    3. florid
    4. (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) flourishing
      • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.17.22:
        Animus gaudēns aetātem flōridam facit: spīritus trīstis exsiccat ossa.
        A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones.
        (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative flōridus flōrida flōridum flōridī flōridae flōrida
    genitive flōridī flōridae flōridī flōridōrum flōridārum flōridōrum
    dative flōridō flōridae flōridō flōridīs
    accusative flōridum flōridam flōridum flōridōs flōridās flōrida
    ablative flōridō flōridā flōridō flōridīs
    vocative flōride flōrida flōridum flōridī flōridae flōrida

    Descendants

    References

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