fluidus

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Latin

Etymology

From fluō +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fluidus (feminine fluida, neuter fluidum, superlative fluidissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. liquid, fluid, flowing
  2. soft, feeble, moist

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fluidus fluida fluidum fluidī fluidae fluida
Genitive fluidī fluidae fluidī fluidōrum fluidārum fluidōrum
Dative fluidō fluidō fluidīs
Accusative fluidum fluidam fluidum fluidōs fluidās fluida
Ablative fluidō fluidā fluidō fluidīs
Vocative fluide fluida fluidum fluidī fluidae fluida

Descendants

  • Catalan: fluid
  • Middle English: fluid

References

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