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Latin
Etymology
Derived from lep(ōs) (“pleasantness”, “sweetness”) + -idus (“tending to”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
Adjective
lepidus (feminine lepida, neuter lepidum, superlative lepidissimus, adverb lepidē); first/second-declension adjective
- pleasant, charming
- witty
- effeminate
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “lepidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lepidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lepidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “lepidus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “lepidus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray