viridicatus

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Latin

Etymology

Has the form of a perfect passive participle from an unattested verb *viridicō from viridis (green) +‎ -icō (verb-forming suffix). Compare viridicāns (greenish). Or possibly from an unattested adjective *viridicus (from viridis (green) +‎ -icus), via viridicus +‎ -ātus (-ed).

Pronunciation

Adjective

viridicātus (feminine viridicāta, neuter viridicātum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. made green, greened

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • viridicatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • viridicatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers