roscidus

Latin

Alternative forms

• rōridus
• rōsidus

Etymology

From rōs +‎ -idus with an unetymological -c-, probably by analogy with mūcidus (“moldy, musty”), sūcidus (“juicy, sappy; oily, greasy”) and viscidus (“sticky, glutinous”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈroːs.ki.dus/, [ˈroːs̠kɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈroʃ.ʃi.dus/, [ˈrɔʃːid̪us]

Adjective

rōscidus (feminine rōscida, neuter rōscidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. dewy
2. moist
3. bedewed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rōscidus	rōscida	rōscidum		rōscidī	rōscidae	rōscida
Genitive	rōscidī	rōscidae	rōscidī		rōscidōrum	rōscidārum	rōscidōrum
Dative	rōscidō		rōscidō		rōscidīs
Accusative	rōscidum	rōscidam	rōscidum		rōscidōs	rōscidās	rōscida
Ablative	rōscidō	rōscidā	rōscidō		rōscidīs
Vocative	rōscide	rōscida	rōscidum		rōscidī	rōscidae	rōscida

Descendants

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Galician: ruzo
  • Portuguese: ruço
  • Spanish: rucio
• Vulgar Latin:
  • *rōscidāre (see there for further descendants)
• Borrowings:
  • → English: roscid
  • → Italian: roscido
  • → Portuguese: róscido

References

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