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Italian
Etymology
From Latin placidus (“placid, calm”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
placido (feminine placida, masculine plural placidi, feminine plural placide)
- placid, calm
Derived terms
Further reading
- placido in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Adjective
placidō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of placidus
References
- “placido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- placido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Participle
placido (feminine placida, masculine plural placidos, feminine plural placidas)
- past participle of placer