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Latin
Etymology
Uncertain; comparison with Latin niteō (“to be radiant”), from Proto-Indo-European *ney- (“to shine”), is tempting - this would mean two different suffixes.
Pronunciation
Verb
renīdeō (present infinitive renīdēre, perfect active renīduī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to shine back or again; to be bright or resplendent, glitter, glisten
- (figuratively) to be glad, bright or cheerful
- (figuratively) to laugh, smile (back)
- (figuratively, with dative) to smile upon; to be gracious to
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References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “renīdeō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 519
- “renideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “renideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- renideo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.