candidus
See also: Candidus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From candeō (“I shine”) + -idus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.di.dus/, [ˈkän̪d̪ɪd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.di.dus/, [ˈkän̪d̪id̪us]
Adjective edit
candidus (feminine candida, neuter candidum, comparative candidior, superlative candidissimus); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | candidus | candida | candidum | candidī | candidae | candida | |
Genitive | candidī | candidae | candidī | candidōrum | candidārum | candidōrum | |
Dative | candidō | candidō | candidīs | ||||
Accusative | candidum | candidam | candidum | candidōs | candidās | candida | |
Ablative | candidō | candidā | candidō | candidīs | |||
Vocative | candide | candida | candidum | candidī | candidae | candida |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
See also edit
albus, candidus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
ruber, rūfus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.) | flāvus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.) |
galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), blāvus (LL.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
References edit
- “candidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “candidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- candidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “candidus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray