lucidus

Latin

Etymology

From lūceō (“shine”) +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫuː.kɪ.dʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈluː.t͡ʃi.d̪us]

Adjective

lūcidus (feminine lūcida, neuter lūcidum, comparative lūcidior, superlative lūcidissimus); first/second-declension adjective

clear, bright, shining, full of light
Synonym: clārus

Antonyms: obscūrus, opācus
(figuratively) clear, perspicuous, lucid

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	lūcidus	lūcida	lūcidum	lūcidī	lūcidae	lūcida
genitive	lūcidī	lūcidae	lūcidī	lūcidōrum	lūcidārum	lūcidōrum
dative	lūcidō	lūcidae	lūcidō	lūcidīs
accusative	lūcidum	lūcidam	lūcidum	lūcidōs	lūcidās	lūcida
ablative	lūcidō	lūcidā	lūcidō	lūcidīs
vocative	lūcide	lūcida	lūcidum	lūcidī	lūcidae	lūcida

Derived terms

Translingual

Related terms

Descendants

Balkano-Romance:
- Romanian: luced
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: lucido
Gallo-Italic:
- Piedmontese: lùcid
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: êluido (from *exlūcidus)
Ibero-Romance:
- Portuguese: lúzio
- Spanish: lucio

Borrowings:

→ Catalan: lúcid
→ English: lucid
→ Galician: lúcido
→ German: luzid
→ French: lucide
→ Portuguese: lúcido
→ Romanian: lucid
→ Spanish: lúcido

References

“lucidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“lucidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
lucidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.