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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin līvidus, an adjective derived from the verb līveō (“to be blueish or livid”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
livido (feminine livida, masculine plural lividi, feminine plural livide)
- livid
- leaden (of the sky)
Derived terms
Noun
livido m (plural lividi)
- bruise
Further reading
- livido in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
līvidō (present infinitive līvidāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- to render livid
Conjugation
Adjective
līvidō m or n
- singular dative/ablative of līvidus
References
- “livido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- livido in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- livido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.