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Latin
Etymology
splendeō (“I shine”) + -idus (“tending to”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
splendidus (feminine splendida, neuter splendidum, comparative splendidior, superlative splendidissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- splendid, bright, glittering
- distinguished, noble, illustrious
- Synonyms: ēgregius, ēlegāns, cōnspicuus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “splendidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “splendidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- splendidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to prepare, give a feast, dinner: convivium instruere, apparare, ornare (magnifice, splendide)