splendidus
Latin
Etymology
splendeō (“I shine”) + -idus (“tending to”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsplen.di.dus/, [ˈs̠pɫ̪ɛn̪d̪ɪd̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsplen.di.dus/, [ˈsplɛn̪d̪id̪us]
Adjective
splendidus (feminine splendida, neuter splendidum, comparative splendidior, superlative splendidissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- splendid, bright, glittering
- distinguished, noble, illustrious
- Synonyms: ēgregius, ēlegāns, cōnspicuus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | splendidus | splendida | splendidum | splendidī | splendidae | splendida | |
| Genitive | splendidī | splendidae | splendidī | splendidōrum | splendidārum | splendidōrum | |
| Dative | splendidō | splendidō | splendidīs | ||||
| Accusative | splendidum | splendidam | splendidum | splendidōs | splendidās | splendida | |
| Ablative | splendidō | splendidā | splendidō | splendidīs | |||
| Vocative | splendide | splendida | splendidum | splendidī | splendidae | splendida | |
Descendants
- → Catalan: esplèndid
- → English: splendid
- → French: splendide
- → Italian: splendido
- → Portuguese: esplêndido
- → Spanish: espléndido
References
- “splendidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “splendidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- splendidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to prepare, give a feast, dinner: convivium instruere, apparare, ornare (magnifice, splendide)
- to prepare, give a feast, dinner: convivium instruere, apparare, ornare (magnifice, splendide)