algidus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from algeō (“I am, feel cold”) + -idus (“tending towards”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈal.ɡi.dus/, [ˈäɫ̪ɡɪd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.d͡ʒi.dus/, [ˈäl̠ʲd͡ʒid̪us]
Adjective[edit]
algidus (feminine algida, neuter algidum); first/second-declension adjective
- cold (i.e., so cold as to be uncomfortable)
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | algidus | algida | algidum | algidī | algidae | algida | |
| Genitive | algidī | algidae | algidī | algidōrum | algidārum | algidōrum | |
| Dative | algidō | algidō | algidīs | ||||
| Accusative | algidum | algidam | algidum | algidōs | algidās | algida | |
| Ablative | algidō | algidā | algidō | algidīs | |||
| Vocative | algide | algida | algidum | algidī | algidae | algida | |
Synonyms[edit]
- frīgidus (common word for "cold")
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Descendants of algidus in other languages
References[edit]
- “algidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “algidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- algidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “algidus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “algidus”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press