humidus
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Hyper-fixated variant of the original ūmidus, with the initial /h/- being likely due to a mistaken etymological link with humus (“ground”) after /h/-loss.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈhuː.mi.dus/, [ˈhuːmɪd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.mi.dus/, [ˈuːmid̪us]
Adjective
[edit]hūmidus (feminine hūmida, neuter hūmidum, comparative humidior); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | hūmidus | hūmida | hūmidum | hūmidī | hūmidae | hūmida | |
genitive | hūmidī | hūmidae | hūmidī | hūmidōrum | hūmidārum | hūmidōrum | |
dative | hūmidō | hūmidae | hūmidō | hūmidīs | |||
accusative | hūmidum | hūmidam | hūmidum | hūmidōs | hūmidās | hūmida | |
ablative | hūmidō | hūmidā | hūmidō | hūmidīs | |||
vocative | hūmide | hūmida | hūmidum | hūmidī | hūmidae | hūmida |
Descendants
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- Borrowed:
References
[edit]- “humidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “hūmidus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 510