deciduus

Latin

Etymology

dēcidō (“to fall down or off”) +‎ -uus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈki.du.us/, [d̪eːˈkɪd̪uʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃi.du.us/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃiːd̪uːs]

Adjective

dēciduus (feminine dēcidua, neuter dēciduum); first/second-declension adjective

1. falling down or off, deciduous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dēciduus	dēcidua	dēciduum		dēciduī	dēciduae	dēcidua
genitive	dēciduī	dēciduae	dēciduī		dēciduōrum	dēciduārum	dēciduōrum
dative	dēciduō	dēciduae	dēciduō		dēciduīs
accusative	dēciduum	dēciduam	dēciduum		dēciduōs	dēciduās	dēcidua
ablative	dēciduō	dēciduā	dēciduō		dēciduīs
vocative	dēcidue	dēcidua	dēciduum		dēciduī	dēciduae	dēcidua

Descendants

• → English: deciduous, decidua
• → Portuguese: decíduo
• → Spanish: deciduo

References

• “deciduus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• deciduus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.