floridus

Latin

Etymology

From flōreō +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

flōridus (feminine flōrida, neuter flōridum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. blooming
  2. flowery
  3. florid
  4. (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) flourishing
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.17.22:
      Animus gaudēns aetātem flōridam facit: spīritus trīstis exsiccat ossa.
      A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones.
      (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative flōridus flōrida flōridum flōridī flōridae flōrida
Genitive flōridī flōridae flōridī flōridōrum flōridārum flōridōrum
Dative flōridō flōridō flōridīs
Accusative flōridum flōridam flōridum flōridōs flōridās flōrida
Ablative flōridō flōridā flōridō flōridīs
Vocative flōride flōrida flōridum flōridī flōridae flōrida

Descendants
  • English: florid
  • French: floride
  • Italian: florido
  • Portuguese: florido
  • Romanian: florid
  • Spanish: flórido

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