-idus

See also: idus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • -cidus (enlargement)

Etymology

    From Proto-Italic *-iðos, from Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁-os, a thematized formation from *dʰeh₁- (to put, place), originally attached to i-stems.[1]

    Pronunciation

    Suffix

    -idus (feminine -ida, neuter -idum); first/second-declension suffix

    1. (suffix forming adjectives) tending to

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative -idus -ida -idum -idī -idae -ida
    genitive -idī -idae -idī -idōrum -idārum -idōrum
    dative -idō -idae -idō -idīs
    accusative -idum -idam -idum -idōs -idās -ida
    ablative -idō -idā -idō -idīs
    vocative -ide -ida -idum -idī -idae -ida

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • English: -id
    • French: -ide
    • Italian: -ido
    • Portuguese: -ido
    • Romanian: -ed, -id
    • Sicilian: -itu
    • Spanish: -ido

    References

    1. ^ Weiss, Michael (2010) Language and Ritual in Sabellic Italy: The Ritual Complex of the Third and the Fourth Tabulae Iguvinae (Brill's Studies in Indo-Europe), Brill, →ISBN, page 195