nudus

nudus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *nogʷedos, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷedós,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós. Cognate with Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), Sanskrit नग्न (nagna), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬕𐬥𐬀‎ (maġna), Old Armenian մերկ (merk), Old English nacod (whence English naked), Proto-Slavic *nagъ.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnuː.dus/, [ˈnuːd̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.dus/, [ˈnuːd̪us]

Adjective

nūdus (feminine nūda, neuter nūdum); first/second-declension adjective

1. unclothed, nude, naked
2. stripped, deprived, destitute
3. defenceless, helpless, unarmed

   Synonyms: inermis, intutus, infestus

   Antonyms: tutus, munitus, defensus, firmatus

4. poor, needy

   Synonyms: egens, pauper, inops

   Antonyms: ditis, dives, dis, locuples

5. bare, simple, pure
6. unadorned

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nūdus	nūda	nūdum		nūdī	nūdae	nūda
Genitive	nūdī	nūdae	nūdī		nūdōrum	nūdārum	nūdōrum
Dative	nūdō		nūdō		nūdīs
Accusative	nūdum	nūdam	nūdum		nūdōs	nūdās	nūda
Ablative	nūdō	nūdā	nūdō		nūdīs
Vocative	nūde	nūda	nūdum		nūdī	nūdae	nūda

Derived terms

• nūda proprietās
• nūdē
• nūditās
• nūdō
• nūdulus

Descendants

• Asturian: desnudu
• Catalan: nu
• Dalmatian: noid
• → English: nude
• French: nu
  • → Vietnamese: nuy
• Friulian: nût, nûd
• Italian: nudo
• Ligurian: nûo
• Occitan: desnut
• Piedmontese: nu, nù
• Portuguese: nu, desnudo
• Romanian: nud
• Sicilian: nudu, nuru
• Sardinian: nu, nuu, nudu, nuo, nutu
• Spanish: desnudo
• Venetian: nuo, desnù

References

• “nudus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nudus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nudus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• nudus 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)
• nudus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “nudus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nudus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “nudus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

1. American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots. Ed. Calvert Watkins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985.