gelidus

Latin

Etymology

Derived from gel(ū) (“frost”, “chill”) +‎ -idus (“tending to”, adjectival derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛ.lɪ.dʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.li.d̪us]

Adjective

gelidus (feminine gelida, neuter gelidum, comparative gelidior, superlative gelidissimus, adverb gelidē); first/second-declension adjective

ice-cold, icy, frosty
chilling

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	gelidus	gelida	gelidum	gelidī	gelidae	gelida
genitive	gelidī	gelidae	gelidī	gelidōrum	gelidārum	gelidōrum
dative	gelidō	gelidae	gelidō	gelidīs
accusative	gelidum	gelidam	gelidum	gelidōs	gelidās	gelida
ablative	gelidō	gelidā	gelidō	gelidīs
vocative	gelide	gelida	gelidum	gelidī	gelidae	gelida

Derived terms

Related terms

gelō
gelum

Descendants

Catalan: geliu, → gèlid (learned)
→ English: gelid
→ Galician: xélido
Italian: gelido
→ Portuguese: gélido
Spanish: gélido

References

“gelidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“gelidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
gelidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to slake one's thirst by a draught of cold water: sitim haustu gelidae aquae sedare
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256