invidus

Latin

Etymology

From invideō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.u̯i.dus/, [ˈɪnu̯ɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.vi.dus/, [ˈiɱvid̪us]

Adjective

invidus (feminine invida, neuter invidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. envious
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.73:

     "invide" dicebant "paries, quid amantibus obstas?

     O envious wall why do you stand in the way of lovers?

2. hostile, inimical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	invidus	invida	invidum		invidī	invidae	invida
genitive	invidī	invidae	invidī		invidōrum	invidārum	invidōrum
dative	invidō	invidae	invidō		invidīs
accusative	invidum	invidam	invidum		invidōs	invidās	invida
ablative	invidō	invidā	invidō		invidīs
vocative	invide	invida	invidum		invidī	invidae	invida

Descendants

• → Portuguese: ínvido

References

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