viridis

Latin

Etymology

From vireō (“to be green or verdant; to sprout new green growth; to flourish; to be lively or vigorous”), from Proto-Italic *weyziðis, from Proto-Indo-European *weys-.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯i.ri.dis/, [ˈu̯ɪrɪd̪ɪs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvi.ri.dis/, [ˈviːrid̪is]

Adjective

viridis (neuter viride, comparative viridior, superlative viridissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. green
  2. young, fresh, lively, youthful

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative viridis viride viridēs viridia
Genitive viridis viridium
Dative viridī viridibus
Accusative viridem viride viridēs
viridīs		 viridia
Ablative viridī viridibus
Vocative viridis viride viridēs viridia

Descendants
  • Late Latin: virdis (proscribed; see there for further descendants)
  • → English: virid (learned)

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