roscidus
Latin
Alternative forms
- rōridus
- rōsidus
Etymology
From rōs + -idus with an unetymological -c-, probably by analogy with mūcidus (“moldy, musty”), sūcidus (“juicy, sappy; oily, greasy”) and viscidus (“sticky, glutinous”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈroːs.ki.dus/, [ˈroːs.kɪ.dʊs]
Adjective
rōscidus (feminine rōscida, neuter rōscidum); first/second declension
- dewy
- moist
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | rōscidus | rōscida | rōscidum | rōscidī | rōscidae | rōscida | |
| Genitive | rōscidī | rōscidae | rōscidī | rōscidōrum | rōscidārum | rōscidōrum | |
| Dative | rōscidō | rōscidae | rōscidō | rōscidīs | rōscidīs | rōscidīs | |
| Accusative | rōscidum | rōscidam | rōscidum | rōscidōs | rōscidās | rōscida | |
| Ablative | rōscidō | rōscidā | rōscidō | rōscidīs | rōscidīs | rōscidīs | |
| Vocative | rōscide | rōscida | rōscidum | rōscidī | rōscidae | rōscida | |
Derived terms
- *rōscidō (Vulgar Latin)
Descendants
- English: roscid (borrowed)
- Galician: resío
- Portuguese: ruço, róscido (borrowed)
- Spanish: rociar, rocío, rucio
References
- roscidus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- roscidus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- roscidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette