viridis

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From vireō (“flourish; be verdant”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

viridis (neuter viride, comparative viridior, superlative viridissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. green
  2. young, fresh, lively, youthful

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative viridis viride viridēs viridia
Genitive viridis viridium
Dative viridī viridibus
Accusative viridem viride viridēs
viridīs 		viridia
Ablative viridī viridibus
Vocative viridis viride viridēs viridia

Related terms

Descendants

  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *viridia, *virididiāre, *viriditia, *viridūra (see there for further descendants)
  • → English: virid (learned)

Reflexes of the late variant virdis:

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

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