sudus

See also: sūdus

Latin

Etymology

• From Proto-Indo-European *s(h₂)us-d(h)o-, from *sh₂ews- (“dry”). Cognate with Ancient Greek αὖος (aûos), English sere, seer, sorrel.

• or from sē- + ūdus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.dus/, [ˈs̠uːd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.dus/, [ˈsuːd̪us]

Adjective

sūdus (feminine sūda, neuter sūdum); first/second-declension adjective

1. dry
2. (of weather) bright, clear

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sūdus	sūda	sūdum		sūdī	sūdae	sūda
Genitive	sūdī	sūdae	sūdī		sūdōrum	sūdārum	sūdōrum
Dative	sūdō		sūdō		sūdīs
Accusative	sūdum	sūdam	sūdum		sūdōs	sūdās	sūda
Ablative	sūdō	sūdā	sūdō		sūdīs
Vocative	sūde	sūda	sūdum		sūdī	sūdae	sūda

References

• “sudus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sudus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sudus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sudus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN