lucidus

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Latin

Etymology

From lūceō (“shine”) +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lūcidus (feminine lūcida, neuter lūcidum, comparative lūcidior, superlative lūcidissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. clear, bright, shining, full of light
    Synonym: clārus
    Antonyms: obscūrus, opācus
  2. (figuratively) clear, perspicuous, lucid

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lūcidus lūcida lūcidum lūcidī lūcidae lūcida
Genitive lūcidī lūcidae lūcidī lūcidōrum lūcidārum lūcidōrum
Dative lūcidō lūcidō lūcidīs
Accusative lūcidum lūcidam lūcidum lūcidōs lūcidās lūcida
Ablative lūcidō lūcidā lūcidō lūcidīs
Vocative lūcide lūcida lūcidum lūcidī lūcidae lūcida

Derived terms

Translingual

Related terms

Descendants

  • Italian: lucido
  • Piedmontese: lùcid
  • Portuguese: lúzio
  • Romanian: luced
  • Spanish: lucio

References

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