floridus

Latin

Etymology

From flōreō + -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfloː.ri.dus/, [ˈfɫ̪oːrɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈflo.ri.dus/, [ˈflɔːrid̪us]

Adjective

flōridus (feminine flōrida, neuter flōridum); first/second-declension adjective

1. blooming
2. flowery
3. florid
4. (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) flourishing
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.17.22:

     Animus gaudēns aetātem flōridam facit: spīritus trīstis exsiccat ossa.

     A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones.
     (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	flōridus	flōrida	flōridum		flōridī	flōridae	flōrida
genitive	flōridī	flōridae	flōridī		flōridōrum	flōridārum	flōridōrum
dative	flōridō	flōridae	flōridō		flōridīs
accusative	flōridum	flōridam	flōridum		flōridōs	flōridās	flōrida
ablative	flōridō	flōridā	flōridō		flōridīs
vocative	flōride	flōrida	flōridum		flōridī	flōridae	flōrida

Descendants

• English: florid
• French: floride
• Italian: florido
• Old Galician-Portuguese: frolido, frorido
  • Fala: floríu
  • Galician: florido, frolido, frorido
  • Portuguese: florido
• Romanian: florid
• Spanish: flórido

References

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