humidus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
'Less-correct' variant of the original ūmidus, with the initial h- likely due to a mistaken etymological link with humus (“ground”) after h-loss.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhuː.mi.dus/, [ˈhuːmɪd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.mi.dus/, [ˈuːmid̪us]
Adjective
hūmidus (feminine hūmida, neuter hūmidum, comparative humidior); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | hūmidus | hūmida | hūmidum | hūmidī | hūmidae | hūmida | |
| Genitive | hūmidī | hūmidae | hūmidī | hūmidōrum | hūmidārum | hūmidōrum | |
| Dative | hūmidō | hūmidō | hūmidīs | ||||
| Accusative | hūmidum | hūmidam | hūmidum | hūmidōs | hūmidās | hūmida | |
| Ablative | hūmidō | hūmidā | hūmidō | hūmidīs | |||
| Vocative | hūmide | hūmida | hūmidum | hūmidī | hūmidae | hūmida | |
Descendants
- Inherited:
- Borrowed:
References
- “humidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “hūmidus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 510
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