rancidus

Latin

Etymology

From ranceō +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

rancidus (feminine rancida, neuter rancidum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. rancid, rank, stinking
  2. disgusting, loathsome, offensive

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative rancidus rancida rancidum rancidī rancidae rancida
genitive rancidī rancidae rancidī rancidōrum rancidārum rancidōrum
dative rancidō rancidae rancidō rancidīs
accusative rancidum rancidam rancidum rancidōs rancidās rancida
ablative rancidō rancidā rancidō rancidīs
vocative rancide rancida rancidum rancidī rancidae rancida

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Romanian: rânced
  • Dalmatian:
    • rancetiv
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: rancido
    • Neapolitan: ranceto
    • Sicilian: rancitu
      Calabrian: grancitu
  • Padanian:
    • Friulian: rangid
    • Lombard: rans
    • Piedmontese: ransi, ranss
    • Venetan: granzio
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: ranci
    • Old Occitan: ransa f (hapax)
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
  • Vulgar Latin: *rancicus
    • Corsican: rancicu
    • Italian: rancico
    • Piedmontese: rancigu
  • Borrowings:

References

Further reading

  • rancidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rancidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "rancidus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • rancidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.