limpidus

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Latin

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“to shine”) and so cognate with Old Norse leiptr (“lightning”), Lithuanian liepsnà (“flame”), Ancient Greek λάμπω (lámpō, “to shine”), Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Latvian lāpa (“torch”). Another theory links the word to limpor (“clear liquid”) and/or lympha (“clear river water”). Finally, an alternative theory derives the word, perhaps via a dialectal Sabellic form, from an unattested *limpē (“to be liquid”), from Proto-Italic *linkʷē, itself related to *linkʷō (“to leave”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

limpidus (feminine limpida, neuter limpidum, superlative limpidissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. clear, bright, transparent, limpid
  2. (Late Latin) clean

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative limpidus limpida limpidum limpidī limpidae limpida
Genitive limpidī limpidae limpidī limpidōrum limpidārum limpidōrum
Dative limpidō limpidō limpidīs
Accusative limpidum limpidam limpidum limpidōs limpidās limpida
Ablative limpidō limpidā limpidō limpidīs
Vocative limpide limpida limpidum limpidī limpidae limpida

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “limpidus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 33
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 342

Further reading

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