fetidus
Latin
Alternative forms
- faetidus
- foetidus
Etymology
From fēteō (“to stink”) + -idus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfeː.ti.dus/, [ˈfeːt̪ɪd̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfe.ti.dus/, [ˈfɛːt̪id̪us]
Adjective
fētidus (feminine fētida, neuter fētidum); first/second-declension adjective
- bad-smelling, foul, stinking
- foul, disgusting
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | fētidus | fētida | fētidum | fētidī | fētidae | fētida | |
| Genitive | fētidī | fētidae | fētidī | fētidōrum | fētidārum | fētidōrum | |
| Dative | fētidō | fētidō | fētidīs | ||||
| Accusative | fētidum | fētidam | fētidum | fētidōs | fētidās | fētida | |
| Ablative | fētidō | fētidā | fētidō | fētidīs | |||
| Vocative | fētide | fētida | fētidum | fētidī | fētidae | fētida | |
Descendants
- Tarantino: fiezzo
- → Catalan: fètid
- → English: fetid
- → French: fétide
- → Italian: fetido
- → Portuguese: fétido
- → Spanish: fétido
References
- “fetidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fetidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fetidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette