pandus

See also: Pandus

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. De Vaan says it is a "novel creation" from pandō, pandere (“to spread out”) + -us (forming adjectives).^[1] The verb pandō, pandāre (“to bend”) arose from pandus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpan.dus/, [ˈpän̪d̪ʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpan.dus/, [ˈpän̪d̪us]

Adjective

pandus (feminine panda, neuter pandum); first/second-declension adjective

bent, curved, turned

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	pandus	panda	pandum	pandī	pandae	panda
Genitive	pandī	pandae	pandī	pandōrum	pandārum	pandōrum
Dative	pandō	pandae	pandō	pandīs
Accusative	pandum	pandam	pandum	pandōs	pandās	panda
Ablative	pandō	pandā	pandō	pandīs
Vocative	pande	panda	pandum	pandī	pandae	panda

Derived terms

Pandus
pandō (“to bend”)
repandus

Descendants

Galician: pando
Spanish: pando

References

“pandus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pandō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 442

Portuguese

Noun

pandus

plural of pandu

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pandō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 442

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