acidus
Latin
Etymology
From aceō (“I am sour”) + -idus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ki.dus/, [ˈa.kɪ.dʊs]
Adjective
acidus (feminine acida, neuter acidum); first/second declension
- sour, tart, acid, bitter
- (of sound) harsh, grating, rough, shrill
- (figuratively) disagreeable, unpleasant; sharp, keen, pungent; sharp-tongued
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | acidus | acida | acidum | acidī | acidae | acida | |
| Genitive | acidī | acidae | acidī | acidōrum | acidārum | acidōrum | |
| Dative | acidō | acidae | acidō | acidīs | acidīs | acidīs | |
| Accusative | acidum | acidam | acidum | acidōs | acidās | acida | |
| Ablative | acidō | acidā | acidō | acidīs | acidīs | acidīs | |
| Vocative | acide | acida | acidum | acidī | acidae | acida | |
Derived terms
- acidē
- aciditās
- acidulus
- dulcacidus
- salmacidus
- subacidus
Descendants
- Catalan: àcid
- Danish: acido
- English: acid
- French: acide
- Galician: ácido
- Italian: acido
- Portuguese: ácido
- Spanish: ácido
References
- acidus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- acidus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- acidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette