languidus

Latin

Etymology

From langueō (“I am tired, sluggish”) +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlan.ɡʷi.dus/, [ˈɫ̪äŋɡʷɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlan.ɡwi.dus/, [ˈläŋɡwid̪us]

Adjective

languidus (feminine languida, neuter languidum, comparative languidior); first/second-declension adjective

1. faint, weak

   Synonyms: dēbilis, fractus, aeger, īnfirmus, fessus, mollis, tenuis, inops, dēfessus

   Antonyms: praevalēns, fortis, potis, potēns, validus, strēnuus, compos

2. dull, languid
3. sluggish, slow

   Synonyms: lentus, tardus, sērus

   Antonyms: rapidus, vēlōx, levis, celer

4. ill, sick, unwell

   Synonyms: aeger, miser, fessus, īnfirmus

   Antonyms: sānus, salvus, validus, integer, intāctus, salūber

5. (figuratively) inactive, inert, listless

   Synonyms: dēses, iners, sēgnis, piger, ignāvus, murcidus, socors

   Antonyms: vīvus, strēnuus, impiger, alacer, ācer

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	languidus	languida	languidum		languidī	languidae	languida
Genitive	languidī	languidae	languidī		languidōrum	languidārum	languidōrum
Dative	languidō		languidō		languidīs
Accusative	languidum	languidam	languidum		languidōs	languidās	languida
Ablative	languidō	languidā	languidō		languidīs
Vocative	languide	languida	languidum		languidī	languidae	languida

Derived terms

• languidē
• languidulus

Related terms

• languefaciō
• languēns
• langueō
• languēscō
• languificus
• languor

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: lãndzit, lãntsid
• Megleno-Romanian: lîngit, lîngid
• Romanian: lânced
• Sardinian: làmbidu, làmpidu
• → Catalan: lànguid
• → English: languid
• → French: languide
• → Italian: languido
• → Portuguese: lânguido
• → Spanish: lánguido

References

• “languidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “languidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• languidus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• languidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.