fetidus

Latin

Alternative forms

• faetidus
• foetidus

Etymology

From fēteō (“to stink”) +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfeː.ti.dus/, [ˈfeːt̪ɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ti.dus/, [ˈfɛːt̪id̪us]

Adjective

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

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

Declension

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

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

References

• “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.