"aridus" meaning in Latin

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Adjective

IPA: [ˈaː.rɪ.dʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈaː.ri.dus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From āreō (“I am dry, I am parched”) + -idus. Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*h₂eHs-}}, {{suffix|la|āreō|idus|t1=I am dry, I am parched}} āreō (“I am dry, I am parched”) + -idus Head templates: {{la-adj|āridus|sup=āridissimus}} āridus (feminine ārida, neuter āridum, superlative āridissimus); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|āridus}} Forms: āridus [canonical], ārida [feminine], āridum [neuter], āridissimus [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], āridus [masculine, nominative, singular], ārida [feminine, nominative, singular], āridum [neuter, nominative, singular], āridī [masculine, nominative, plural], āridae [feminine, nominative, plural], ārida [neuter, nominative, plural], āridī [genitive, masculine, singular], āridae [feminine, genitive, singular], āridī [genitive, neuter, singular], āridōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], āridārum [feminine, genitive, plural], āridōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], āridō [dative, masculine, singular], āridae [dative, feminine, singular], āridō [dative, neuter, singular], āridīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], āridum [accusative, masculine, singular], āridam [accusative, feminine, singular], āridum [accusative, neuter, singular], āridōs [accusative, masculine, plural], āridās [accusative, feminine, plural], ārida [accusative, neuter, plural], āridō [ablative, masculine, singular], āridā [ablative, feminine, singular], āridō [ablative, neuter, singular], āridīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], āride [masculine, singular, vocative], ārida [feminine, singular, vocative], āridum [neuter, singular, vocative], āridī [masculine, plural, vocative], āridae [feminine, plural, vocative], ārida [neuter, plural, vocative], ārdus [alternative]
  1. dry, parched, withered, arid Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-aridus-la-adj-~MZbzWbu
  2. (used substantively)
    (of things) dry, lean, meagre, shrivelled; withered (e.g. from disease)
    Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-aridus-la-adj-4ldSbWGv
  3. (rhetorical style, orators) uninspired, jejune, spiritless Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-aridus-la-adj-dW~B7ugV
  4. (slang) avaricious, someone greedy or stingy (confer the tongue-in-cheek term Argentiexterebronides (“the name of one who is skilled in extorting money; a sponger”)) Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, slang
    Sense id: en-aridus-la-adj-lAnn6nTW Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -idus, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 12 29 14 45 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -idus: 17 19 20 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 15 16 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 10 10 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ārdeō, ārida, āridīs manibus, āriditās, āridum
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          "english": "Parched and barren mountains.",
          "text": "Montes aridi sterilesque.",
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          "english": "Dry wood.",
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          "text": "Terra arida et sicca.",
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          "english": "[…] meanwhile, [the Britons], either [fighting] from the dry [land] or having waded only slightly into the surf, had all their limbs free and knew the ground perfectly […] .",
          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 4.24",
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          "english": "A damsel drier than the raisin'd grape.",
          "text": "Uvis aridior puella passis.http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/priap/prp32.htm",
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          "english": "Rough and meagre life.",
          "text": "Vita horrida atque arida.",
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          "english": "Uninspired teachers.",
          "text": "Aridi magistri.",
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          "english": "Sapless lads, altogether, and dry.",
          "text": "Sicci omnino atque aridi pueri.",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "āridus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ārida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ārida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ārida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āride",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ārida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "āridae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ārida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ārdus",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āridus",
        "sup": "āridissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "āridus (feminine ārida, neuter āridum, superlative āridissimus); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "āridus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
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          ],
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              0,
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          ],
          "english": "Parched and barren mountains.",
          "text": "Montes aridi sterilesque.",
          "translation": "Parched and barren mountains.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
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          ],
          "english": "Dry wood.",
          "text": "Arida ligna.",
          "translation": "Dry wood.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
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              3,
              7
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          ],
          "english": "An arid and dry ground.",
          "text": "Terra arida et sicca.",
          "translation": "An arid and dry ground.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dry, parched, withered, arid"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dry",
          "dry"
        ],
        [
          "parched",
          "parched"
        ],
        [
          "withered",
          "withered"
        ],
        [
          "arid",
          "arid"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[…] meanwhile, [the Britons], either [fighting] from the dry [land] or having waded only slightly into the surf, had all their limbs free and knew the ground perfectly […] .",
          "ref": "c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 4.24",
          "text": "[…] cum illī aut ex āridō aut paulum in aquam prōgressī, omnibus membrīs expedītīs, nōtissimīs locīs […] .",
          "translation": "[…] meanwhile, [the Britons], either [fighting] from the dry [land] or having waded only slightly into the surf, had all their limbs free and knew the ground perfectly […] .",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "A damsel drier than the raisin'd grape.",
          "text": "Uvis aridior puella passis.http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/priap/prp32.htm",
          "translation": "A damsel drier than the raisin'd grape."
        },
        {
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              24
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Rough and meagre life.",
          "text": "Vita horrida atque arida.",
          "translation": "Rough and meagre life.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dry, lean, meagre, shrivelled; withered (e.g. from disease)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dry",
          "dry"
        ],
        [
          "lean",
          "lean"
        ],
        [
          "meagre",
          "meagre"
        ],
        [
          "shrivelled",
          "shrivelled"
        ],
        [
          "withered",
          "withered"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(used substantively)",
        "(of things) dry, lean, meagre, shrivelled; withered (e.g. from disease)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "used substantively",
        "of things"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
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          "bold_translation_offsets": [
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          ],
          "english": "Uninspired teachers.",
          "text": "Aridi magistri.",
          "translation": "Uninspired teachers.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              30,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Sapless lads, altogether, and dry.",
          "text": "Sicci omnino atque aridi pueri.",
          "translation": "Sapless lads, altogether, and dry.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "uninspired, jejune, spiritless"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "uninspired",
          "uninspired"
        ],
        [
          "jejune",
          "jejune"
        ],
        [
          "spiritless",
          "spiritless"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "rhetorical style; orators; rhetorical style; orators",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rhetorical style, orators) uninspired, jejune, spiritless"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "avaricious, someone greedy or stingy (confer the tongue-in-cheek term Argentiexterebronides (“the name of one who is skilled in extorting money; a sponger”))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "avaricious",
          "avaricious"
        ],
        [
          "greedy",
          "greedy"
        ],
        [
          "stingy",
          "stingy"
        ],
        [
          "tongue-in-cheek",
          "tongue-in-cheek"
        ],
        [
          "Argentiexterebronides",
          "Argentiexterebronides#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) avaricious, someone greedy or stingy (confer the tongue-in-cheek term Argentiexterebronides (“the name of one who is skilled in extorting money; a sponger”))"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaː.rɪ.dʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaː.ri.dus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aridus"
}

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