hispidus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”), same root as horreo and hordeum. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Suffix unexplained.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɪs.pɪ.dʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈis.pi.d̪us]
Adjective
hispidus (feminine hispida, neuter hispidum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | hispidus | hispida | hispidum | hispidī | hispidae | hispida | |
| genitive | hispidī | hispidae | hispidī | hispidōrum | hispidārum | hispidōrum | |
| dative | hispidō | hispidae | hispidō | hispidīs | |||
| accusative | hispidum | hispidam | hispidum | hispidōs | hispidās | hispida | |
| ablative | hispidō | hispidā | hispidō | hispidīs | |||
| vocative | hispide | hispida | hispidum | hispidī | hispidae | hispida | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Italian: ispido
References
- “hispidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hispidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hispidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.