gelidus
Latin
Etymology
Derived from gel(ū) (“frost”, “chill”) + -idus (“tending to”, adjectival derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.li.dus/, [ˈɡɛlʲɪd̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.li.dus/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːlid̪us]
Adjective
gelidus (feminine gelida, neuter gelidum, comparative gelidior, superlative gelidissimus, adverb gelidē); first/second-declension adjective
- ice-cold, icy, frosty
- chilling
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | gelidus | gelida | gelidum | gelidī | gelidae | gelida | |
| Genitive | gelidī | gelidae | gelidī | gelidōrum | gelidārum | gelidōrum | |
| Dative | gelidō | gelidō | gelidīs | ||||
| Accusative | gelidum | gelidam | gelidum | gelidōs | gelidās | gelida | |
| Ablative | gelidō | gelidā | gelidō | gelidīs | |||
| Vocative | gelide | gelida | gelidum | gelidī | gelidae | gelida | |
Related terms
- gelidē
- gelō
- gelum
Descendants
- English: gelid
- Galician: xélido
- Italian: gelido
- Portuguese: gélido
- Spanish: gélido
References
- “gelidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gelidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gelidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to slake one's thirst by a draught of cold water: sitim haustu gelidae aquae sedare
- to slake one's thirst by a draught of cold water: sitim haustu gelidae aquae sedare