marcidus

Latin

Etymology

From marceō (“wither”) +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ki.dus/, [ˈmärkɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.t͡ʃi.dus/, [ˈmärt͡ʃid̪us]

Adjective

marcidus (feminine marcida, neuter marcidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. withered, dropping, rotten
2. apathetic, languid
3. exhausted, feeble, weak

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	marcidus	marcida	marcidum		marcidī	marcidae	marcida
genitive	marcidī	marcidae	marcidī		marcidōrum	marcidārum	marcidōrum
dative	marcidō	marcidae	marcidō		marcidīs
accusative	marcidum	marcidam	marcidum		marcidōs	marcidās	marcida
ablative	marcidō	marcidā	marcidō		marcidīs
vocative	marcide	marcida	marcidum		marcidī	marcidae	marcida

Derived terms

• marcidulus

Related terms

• marceō
• marcēns
• marcēscō
• marcor
• marculentus

Descendants

• Italian: marcido
• Romanian: mârced
• Romansch: marsch
• Sardinian: martzu
• → English: marcid
• → Portuguese: márcido

References

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