humidus

Latin

Alternative forms

• ūmidus

Etymology

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhuː.mi.dus/, [ˈhuːmɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.mi.dus/, [ˈuːmid̪us]

Adjective

hūmidus (feminine hūmida, neuter hūmidum, comparative humidior); first/second-declension adjective

1. humid, wet, moist

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hūmidus	hūmida	hūmidum		hūmidī	hūmidae	hūmida
Genitive	hūmidī	hūmidae	hūmidī		hūmidōrum	hūmidārum	hūmidōrum
Dative	hūmidō		hūmidō		hūmidīs
Accusative	hūmidum	hūmidam	hūmidum		hūmidōs	hūmidās	hūmida
Ablative	hūmidō	hūmidā	hūmidō		hūmidīs
Vocative	hūmide	hūmida	hūmidum		hūmidī	hūmidae	hūmida

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Italian: umido
    • →? Friulian: umid, umit
  • Ladin: tume, tumec
  • Old Occitan: umet ("l'alba part umet mar atra sol")
    • ⇒ Occitan: umir, umejar
  • Romanian: umed
  • Venetan: ùmedo
  • Walloon: ûme, wîme
• Borrowed:
  • → Asturian: húmidu
  • → Catalan: humit
  • → English: humid
  • → French: humide
  • → Galician: húmido
  • → Portuguese: húmido, úmido
  • → Spanish: húmedo
  • → Swedish: humid

References

• “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