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luridus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From lūror (sallowness, paleness) (though de Vaan considers lūridus as the original, and lūror a derivative).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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lūridus (feminine lūrida, neuter lūridum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. pale yellow, wan, sallow, lurid
  2. ghastly, horrifying

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative lūridus lūrida lūridum lūridī lūridae lūrida
genitive lūridī lūridae lūridī lūridōrum lūridārum lūridōrum
dative lūridō lūridae lūridō lūridīs
accusative lūridum lūridam lūridum lūridōs lūridās lūrida
ablative lūridō lūridā lūridō lūridīs
vocative lūride lūrida lūridum lūridī lūridae lūrida

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: lurid
  • Catalan: llord, llor
  • Galician: lorda, ludro
  • Italian: lurido
  • Occitan: lord
  • Portuguese: ludro, lúrido
  • Sicilian: lurdu

See also

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Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeusgrīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceusmurrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lūridus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 354

Further reading

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