roridus

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Latin

Etymology

From rōs (“dew”) +‎ -idus.

Adjective

rōridus (feminine rōrida, neuter rōridum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. dewy, bedewed, wet with dew

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative rōridus rōrida rōridum rōridī rōridae rōrida
genitive rōridī rōridae rōridī rōridōrum rōridārum rōridōrum
dative rōridō rōridae rōridō rōridīs
accusative rōridum rōridam rōridum rōridōs rōridās rōrida
ablative rōridō rōridā rōridō rōridīs
vocative rōride rōrida rōridum rōridī rōridae rōrida

Descendants

  • → English: rorid
  • → Italian: rorido

References

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