lurdus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain; often suggested to be derived from lūridus (“sallow, pale”), perhaps influenced in meaning by Greek λορδός (lordós, “bent backward”), or Frankish *lort (“crooked, lame, clumsy”), if not a full borrowing.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lurdus (feminine lurda, neuter lurdum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Late Latin) slow, heavy
  2. (Late Latin) clumsy, stupid

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lurdus lurda lurdum lurdī lurdae lurda
Genitive lurdī lurdae lurdī lurdōrum lurdārum lurdōrum
Dative lurdō lurdō lurdīs
Accusative lurdum lurdam lurdum lurdōs lurdās lurda
Ablative lurdō lurdā lurdō lurdīs
Vocative lurde lurda lurdum lurdī lurdae lurda

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Greimas, A.J. (1969) “lort, lord”, in Dictionnaire de l'ancien francais jusq'uau milieu du XIVe siècle (in French), Paris: Larousse, page 373
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “LERDO”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, page 358
  3. ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “lordo”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
  4. ^ lurdus 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)
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