lividus

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Latin

Etymology

Can be construed as līveō (“I am of a bluish color or livid; envy”) +‎ -idus, but more at līveō.

Pronunciation

Adjective

līvidus (feminine līvida, neuter līvidum, superlative līvidissimus, adverb līvidē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. leaden, bluish, blue
  2. (especially, produced by beating, bruising, etc.) black and blue, livid
  3. (transferred sense) making livid, that is deadly
  4. (figurative) envious, invidious, spiteful, malicious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative līvidus līvida līvidum līvidī līvidae līvida
Genitive līvidī līvidae līvidī līvidōrum līvidārum līvidōrum
Dative līvidō līvidō līvidīs
Accusative līvidum līvidam līvidum līvidōs līvidās līvida
Ablative līvidō līvidā līvidō līvidīs
Vocative līvide līvida līvidum līvidī līvidae līvida

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See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

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