validus

Latin

Etymology

From valeō (“I am strong, I am healthy, I am worth”) +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.li.dus/, [ˈu̯älʲɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.li.dus/, [ˈväːlid̪us]

Adjective

validus (feminine valida, neuter validum, comparative validior, superlative validissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. strong

   Synonyms: praevalēns, fortis, potis, potēns, strēnuus, ingēns, firmus, compos

   Antonyms: dēbilis, languidus, aeger, fractus, tenuis, obnoxius, inops

2. healthy, well

   Synonyms: saluber, salvus, sanus, integer, intactus, sospes, incolumis, sollus

   Antonyms: aeger, miser, fessus, languidus, īnfirmus

3. worthy
4. valid

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	validus	valida	validum		validī	validae	valida
Genitive	validī	validae	validī		validōrum	validārum	validōrum
Dative	validō		validō		validīs
Accusative	validum	validam	validum		validōs	validās	valida
Ablative	validō	validā	validō		validīs
Vocative	valide	valida	validum		validī	validae	valida

Derived terms

• validē
  • valdē
• validitās

Descendants

• Catalan: vàlid
• English: valid
• French: valide
• Friulian: valit
• → Galician: válido
• German: valid, valide
• Italian: valido
• Portuguese: válido
• Romanian: valid
• Spanish: válido

References

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