tardus
Latin
Etymology
Unknown, according to De Vaan. Possibly Etruscan.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtar.dus/, [ˈt̪ärd̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtar.dus/, [ˈt̪ärd̪us]
Adjective
tardus (feminine tarda, neuter tardum, comparative tardior, superlative tardissimus, adverb tardē); first/second-declension adjective
- slow, sluggish
- Synonyms: languidus, sērus
- tardy
- Synonyms: languidus, lentus
- Antonyms: rapidus, vēlōx, celer, properus, promptus, facilis
- late, lingering
- Synonym: sērus
- dull, stupid, slow-witted
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | tardus | tarda | tardum | tardī | tardae | tarda | |
Genitive | tardī | tardae | tardī | tardōrum | tardārum | tardōrum | |
Dative | tardō | tardō | tardīs | ||||
Accusative | tardum | tardam | tardum | tardōs | tardās | tarda | |
Ablative | tardō | tardā | tardō | tardīs | |||
Vocative | tarde | tarda | tardum | tardī | tardae | tarda |
Derived terms
- tarde
- tarditās
Related terms
- tardō
Descendants
- Aromanian: tãrdzãu, tãrdziu, tãrdu
- Asturian: tardu, tardiu
- Catalan: tard
- French: tardif
- → English: tardy
- Italian: tardo, tardivo
- Occitan: tard, tardiu
- Portuguese: tardo, tardio
- Romanian: târziu
- Romansch: tard
- Sardinian: taldu, tardu, traddu, tradu
- Sicilian: tardu
- Spanish: tardo, tardío
References
- “tardus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tardus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tardus 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)
- tardus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN,