-idus

See also: idus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • -cidus (enlargement)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *-iðos, from Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁-os, a thematized formation from *dʰeh₁- (to put, place), originally attached to i-stems.[1]

Pronunciation

Suffix

-idus (feminine -ida, neuter -idum); first/second-declension suffix

  1. (suffix forming adjectives) tending to

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative -idus -ida -idum -idī -idae -ida
Genitive -idī -idae -idī -idōrum -idārum -idōrum
Dative -idō -idō -idīs
Accusative -idum -idam -idum -idōs -idās -ida
Ablative -idō -idā -idō -idīs
Vocative -ide -ida -idum -idī -idae -ida

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -idus

Descendants

  • English: -id
  • French: -ide
  • Italian: -ido
  • Portuguese: -ido
  • Romanian: -ed, -id
  • Sicilian: -itu
  • Spanish: -ido

References

  1. Weiss, Michael (2010) Language and Ritual in Sabellic Italy: The Ritual Complex of the Third and the Fourth Tabulae Iguvinae (Brill's Studies in Indo-Europe), Brill, →ISBN, page 195
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