Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From fēteō (to stink) +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

fētidus (feminine fētida, neuter fētidum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. bad-smelling, foul, stinking
  2. foul, disgusting

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fētidus fētida fētidum fētidī fētidae fētida
Genitive fētidī fētidae fētidī fētidōrum fētidārum fētidōrum
Dative fētidō fētidō fētidīs
Accusative fētidum fētidam fētidum fētidōs fētidās fētida
Ablative fētidō fētidā fētidō fētidīs
Vocative fētide fētida fētidum fētidī fētidae fētida

Descendants edit

  • Tarantino: fiezzo
  • Catalan: fètid
  • English: fetid
  • French: fétide
  • Italian: fetido
  • Portuguese: fétido
  • Spanish: fétido

References edit

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