luridus

Latin

Etymology

From lūror (“sallowness, paleness”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.ri.dus/, [ˈɫ̪uːrɪd̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.ri.dus/, [ˈluːrid̪us]

Adjective

lūridus (feminine lūrida, neuter lūridum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. pale yellow, wan, sallow, lurid
  2. ghastly, horrifying

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lūridus lūrida lūridum lūridī lūridae lūrida
Genitive lūridī lūridae lūridī lūridōrum lūridārum lūridōrum
Dative lūridō lūridō lūridīs
Accusative lūridum lūridam lūridum lūridōs lūridās lūrida
Ablative lūridō lūridā lūridō lūridīs
Vocative lūride lūrida lūridum lūridī lūridae lūrida

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: lurid
  • Catalan: llord, llor
  • Galician: lorda, ludro
  • → Italian: lurido
  • Occitan: lord
  • Portuguese: ludro, lúrido
  • Sicilian: lordu, lurdu

See also
Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     candidus, albus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)      āter, niger, piceus
             pūniceus, murrinus, rūfus, ruber, russus, rūbrīcus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, auranteus, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx              gilvus, helvus, fulvus, flāvus, croceus, pallidus, lūteus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

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