luridus

luridus

Latin

Etymology

From lūror (“sallowness, paleness”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.ri.dus/, [ˈɫuː.rɪ.dʊs]

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	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	lūridīs	lūridīs
Accusative	lūridum	lūridam	lūridum		lūridōs	lūridās	lūrida
Ablative	lūridō	lūridā	lūridō		lūridīs	lūridīs	lūridīs
Vocative	lūride	lūrida	lūridum		lūridī	lūridae	lūrida

Synonyms

• (ghastly, horrifying): cadāverōsus, foedus
• (wan): expallidus, exsanguis

Derived terms

• lūridātus

Related terms

• lūreō
• lūror

Descendants

• English: lurid
• French: lourd
• Italian: lordo, lurido
• Occitan: lord

• Old French: lourt
• Portuguese: ludro, lúrido
• Sicilian: loddu, lordu

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
candidus, albus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus	cānus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinericeus, plumbeus, grīseus	āter, niger, piceus
pūniceus, murrhinus, rūfus, ruber, russus, rubrīcus, mulleus ; cocceus, coccīnus, badius	rutilus, armeniacus, auranteus, aurantiacus ; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx	gilvus, helvus, fulvus, flāvus, croceus, pallidus, lūteus
galbus, galbīnus, lūridus	viridis	prasinus
cyaneus	caeruleus, azurīnus	glaucus; līvidus; venetus, blaveus
violāceus, ianthinus	purpureus, ostrīnus, ātropurpūreus, amethystīnus	roseus, rosāceus

References

• 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