validus
Latin
Etymology
From valeō (“I am strong, I am healthy, I am worth”) + -idus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯a.li.dus/, [ˈu̯älʲɪd̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈva.li.dus/, [ˈväːlid̪us]
Adjective
validus (feminine valida, neuter validum, comparative validior, superlative validissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- strong
- Synonyms: praevalēns, fortis, potis, potēns, strēnuus, ingēns, firmus, compos
- Antonyms: dēbilis, languidus, aeger, fractus, tenuis, obnoxius, inops
- healthy, well
- Synonyms: saluber, salvus, sanus, integer, intactus, sospes, incolumis, sollus
- Antonyms: aeger, miser, fessus, languidus, īnfirmus
- worthy
- valid
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | validus | valida | validum | validī | validae | valida | |
| Genitive | validī | validae | validī | validōrum | validārum | validōrum | |
| Dative | validō | validō | validīs | ||||
| Accusative | validum | validam | validum | validōs | validās | valida | |
| Ablative | validō | validā | validō | validīs | |||
| Vocative | valide | valida | validum | validī | validae | valida | |
Derived terms
- validē
- valdē
- validitās
Descendants
- Catalan: vàlid
- English: valid
- French: valide
- → Galician: válido
- German: valid, valide
- Italian: valido
- Portuguese: válido
- Romanian: valid
- Spanish: válido
References
- “validus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “validus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- validus 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)
- validus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette