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Latin
Etymology
From invideō.
Pronunciation
Adjective
invidus (feminine invida, neuter invidum); first/second-declension adjective
- envious
8 CE,
Ovid,
Metamorphoses 4.73:
- "invide" dicebant "paries, quid amantibus obstas?
- O envious wall why do you stand in the way of lovers?
- hostile, inimical
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “invidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “invidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- invidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.