gelidus

Latin

Etymology

Derived from gel(ū) (“frost”, “chill”) +‎ -idus (“tending to”, adjectival derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.li.dus/, [ˈɡɛlʲɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.li.dus/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːlid̪us]

Adjective

gelidus (feminine gelida, neuter gelidum, comparative gelidior, superlative gelidissimus, adverb gelidē); first/second-declension adjective

1. ice-cold, icy, frosty
2. chilling

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gelidus	gelida	gelidum		gelidī	gelidae	gelida
Genitive	gelidī	gelidae	gelidī		gelidōrum	gelidārum	gelidōrum
Dative	gelidō		gelidō		gelidīs
Accusative	gelidum	gelidam	gelidum		gelidōs	gelidās	gelida
Ablative	gelidō	gelidā	gelidō		gelidīs
Vocative	gelide	gelida	gelidum		gelidī	gelidae	gelida

Related terms

• gelidē
• gelō
• gelum

Descendants

• Catalan: geliu, → gèlid (learned)
• → English: gelid
• → Galician: xélido
• Italian: gelido
• → Portuguese: gélido
• Spanish: gélido

References

• “gelidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gelidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gelidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to slake one's thirst by a draught of cold water: sitim haustu gelidae aquae sedare
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256