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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *nogʷedos, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷedʰós, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós. Cognate with Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), Sanskrit नग्न (nagna), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬕𐬥𐬀 (maġna), Old Armenian մերկ (merk), Old English nacod (whence English naked), Proto-Slavic *nagъ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
nūdus (feminine nūda, neuter nūdum); first/second-declension adjective
- unclothed, nude, naked
- stripped, deprived, destitute
- defenceless, helpless, unarmed
- Synonyms: inermis, intutus, infestus
- Antonyms: tutus, munitus, defensus, firmatus
- poor, needy
- Synonyms: egens, pauper, inops
- Antonyms: ditis, dives, dis, locuples
- bare, simple, pure
- unadorned
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “nudus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nudus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nudus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- nudus 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)
- nudus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “nudus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nudus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “nudus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- ^ American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots. Ed. Calvert Watkins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985.