Latin edit

Etymology edit

From vireō (flourish; be verdant).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

viridis (neuter viride, comparative viridior, superlative viridissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. green
  2. young, fresh, lively, youthful

Declension edit

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative viridis viride viridēs viridia
Genitive viridis viridium
Dative viridī viridibus
Accusative viridem viride viridēs
viridīs
viridia
Ablative viridī viridibus
Vocative viridis viride viridēs viridia

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Vulgar Latin: *viridia, *virididiāre, *viriditia, *viridūra (see there for further descendants)
  • English: virid (learned)

Reflexes of the syncopic variant virdis:

See also edit

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeusgrīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūfus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceusmurrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References edit

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