fluidus

Latin

Etymology

From fluō +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈflu.i.dus/, [ˈfɫ̪uɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈflu.i.dus/, [ˈfluːid̪us]

Adjective

fluidus (feminine fluida, neuter fluidum, superlative fluidissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. liquid, fluid, flowing
2. soft, feeble, moist

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fluidus	fluida	fluidum		fluidī	fluidae	fluida
Genitive	fluidī	fluidae	fluidī		fluidōrum	fluidārum	fluidōrum
Dative	fluidō		fluidō		fluidīs
Accusative	fluidum	fluidam	fluidum		fluidōs	fluidās	fluida
Ablative	fluidō	fluidā	fluidō		fluidīs
Vocative	fluide	fluida	fluidum		fluidī	fluidae	fluida

Descendants

• Catalan: fluid
• → Middle English: fluid
  • English: fluid

References

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