languidus
Latin
Etymology
From langueō (“I am tired, sluggish”) + -idus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlan.ɡʷi.dus/, [ˈɫ̪äŋɡʷɪd̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlan.ɡwi.dus/, [ˈläŋɡwid̪us]
Adjective
languidus (feminine languida, neuter languidum, comparative languidior); first/second-declension adjective
- faint, weak
- Synonyms: dēbilis, fractus, aeger, īnfirmus, fessus, mollis, tenuis, inops, dēfessus
- Antonyms: praevalēns, fortis, potis, potēns, validus, strēnuus, compos
- dull, languid
- sluggish, slow
- Synonyms: lentus, tardus, sērus
- Antonyms: rapidus, vēlōx, levis, celer
- ill, sick, unwell
- Synonyms: aeger, miser, fessus, īnfirmus
- Antonyms: sānus, salvus, validus, integer, intāctus, salūber
- (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