"nitidus" meaning in Latin

See nitidus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈni.ti.dus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈnɪt̪ɪd̪ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈni.ti.dus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈniːt̪id̪us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From niteō (“to shine”) + -idus. The extended sense of 'pure, clean' (first attested in Marcellus Empiricus, ca. 400 CE) survives in the Gallo- and Italo-Romance descendants of the word. Etymology templates: {{af|la|niteō|-idus|t1=to shine}} niteō (“to shine”) + -idus Head templates: {{la-adj|nitidus|comp=nitidior|sup=nitidissimus}} nitidus (feminine nitida, neuter nitidum, comparative nitidior, superlative nitidissimus); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|nitidus}} Forms: nitida [feminine], nitidum [neuter], nitidior [comparative], nitidissimus [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], nitidus [masculine, nominative, singular], nitida [feminine, nominative, singular], nitidum [neuter, nominative, singular], nitidī [masculine, nominative, plural], nitidae [feminine, nominative, plural], nitida [neuter, nominative, plural], nitidī [genitive, masculine, singular], nitidae [feminine, genitive, singular], nitidī [genitive, neuter, singular], nitidōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], nitidārum [feminine, genitive, plural], nitidōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], nitidō [dative, masculine, singular], nitidae [dative, feminine, singular], nitidō [dative, neuter, singular], nitidīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], nitidum [accusative, masculine, singular], nitidam [accusative, feminine, singular], nitidum [accusative, neuter, singular], nitidōs [accusative, masculine, plural], nitidās [accusative, feminine, plural], nitida [accusative, neuter, plural], nitidō [ablative, masculine, singular], nitidā [ablative, feminine, singular], nitidō [ablative, neuter, singular], nitidīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], nitide [masculine, singular, vocative], nitida [feminine, singular, vocative], nitidum [neuter, singular, vocative], nitidī [masculine, plural, vocative], nitidae [feminine, plural, vocative], nitida [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. shining, polished, glittering Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-nitidus-la-adj-EaCxQuyI
  2. handsome, beautiful, good-looking Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-nitidus-la-adj-WJm7wh3c
  3. (of persons) healthy-looking, well conditioned Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-nitidus-la-adj-8dJHHEDU
  4. (of animals) sleek, plump Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-nitidus-la-adj-Ne6l3A02
  5. (of plants) blooming, fertile Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-nitidus-la-adj-IX0~o~8v
  6. (of speech or writing) cultivated, refined Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-nitidus-la-adj-wzDW3XQf
  7. (Late Latin) pure, clean Tags: Late-Latin, adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-nitidus-la-adj-RM-BUhJp Categories (other): Late Latin, 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: 5 5 6 5 27 6 45 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -idus: 11 10 10 13 15 12 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 6 8 7 15 9 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 5 5 6 9 6 63

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "neted",
            "t": "smooth, clear"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: neted (“smooth, clear”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: neted (“smooth, clear”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Italian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lld",
            "2": "nët",
            "3": "nëidi"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladin: nët, nëidi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladin: nët, nëidi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "nédi"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: nédi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: nédi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "neidi",
            "3": "naidi"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: neidi, naidi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: neidi, naidi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Occitano-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "nede"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: nede",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "nedas",
            "der": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ nedas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: nede ⇒ nedas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "nèdeu",
            "t": "clean"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Catalan: nèdeu (“clean”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Catalan: nèdeu (“clean”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "nèdeu"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: nèdeu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: nèdeu~nèdio~nèdol~nedo (“pasturage”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "nidiu",
            "3": "ñidiu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: nidiu, ñidiu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: nidiu, ñidiu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-leo",
            "2": "nidio"
          },
          "expansion": "Leonese: nidio",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Salamanca"
          },
          "expansion": "(Salamanca)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Leonese: nidio (Salamanca)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "nedio"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: nedio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: nedio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "nidio"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: nidio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: nidio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "nédio"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: nédio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: nédio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "nidio"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: nidio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: nidio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Vulgar Latin:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Vulgar Latin:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "*nittus",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "*nittus",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via syncope; see there for further descendants"
          },
          "expansion": "(via syncope; see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "*nittus (via syncope; see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "nítid",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: nítid",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: nítid"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "nitid",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: nitid",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: nitid"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "nitide",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: nitide",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: nitide"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "nitido",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: nitido",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: nitido"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "nítido",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: nítido",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: nítido"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "nìtitu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: nìtitu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: nìtitu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "nítido",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: nítido",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: nítido"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "niteō",
        "3": "-idus",
        "t1": "to shine"
      },
      "expansion": "niteō (“to shine”) + -idus",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From niteō (“to shine”) + -idus. The extended sense of 'pure, clean' (first attested in Marcellus Empiricus, ca. 400 CE) survives in the Gallo- and Italo-Romance descendants of the word.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nitida",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitide",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nitidus",
        "comp": "nitidior",
        "sup": "nitidissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "nitidus (feminine nitida, neuter nitidum, comparative nitidior, superlative nitidissimus); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nitidus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shining, polished, glittering"
      ],
      "id": "en-nitidus-la-adj-EaCxQuyI",
      "links": [
        [
          "shining",
          "shining"
        ],
        [
          "polished",
          "polished"
        ],
        [
          "glittering",
          "glittering"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "handsome, beautiful, good-looking"
      ],
      "id": "en-nitidus-la-adj-WJm7wh3c",
      "links": [
        [
          "handsome",
          "handsome"
        ],
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ],
        [
          "good-looking",
          "good-looking"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "healthy-looking, well conditioned"
      ],
      "id": "en-nitidus-la-adj-8dJHHEDU",
      "links": [
        [
          "healthy",
          "healthy"
        ],
        [
          "conditioned",
          "conditioned"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of persons) healthy-looking, well conditioned"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of persons"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If any person should take a delight to carry about with him in his sedan a pretty lambkin",
          "text": "Horace, Q. Horatii Flacci Satiræ. The Satires of Horace, in Philip Francis, A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace, With the Original Text, vol. 2, 1749, publ. by A. Millar, page 178, line 214.\nSi quis lecticâ nitidam geſtare amet agnam;",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sleek, plump"
      ],
      "id": "en-nitidus-la-adj-Ne6l3A02",
      "links": [
        [
          "sleek",
          "sleek"
        ],
        [
          "plump",
          "plump"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of animals) sleek, plump"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of animals"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blooming, fertile"
      ],
      "id": "en-nitidus-la-adj-IX0~o~8v",
      "links": [
        [
          "blooming",
          "blooming"
        ],
        [
          "fertile",
          "fertile"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of plants) blooming, fertile"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of plants"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cultivated, refined"
      ],
      "id": "en-nitidus-la-adj-wzDW3XQf",
      "links": [
        [
          "cultivated",
          "cultivated"
        ],
        [
          "refined",
          "refined"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of speech or writing) cultivated, refined"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of speech or writing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 6 5 27 6 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 10 10 13 15 12 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -idus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 6 8 7 15 9 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 5 5 6 9 6 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pure, clean"
      ],
      "id": "en-nitidus-la-adj-RM-BUhJp",
      "links": [
        [
          "pure",
          "pure"
        ],
        [
          "clean",
          "clean"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Latin) pure, clean"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.ti.dus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnɪt̪ɪd̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.ti.dus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈniːt̪id̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nitidus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -idus",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "neted",
            "t": "smooth, clear"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: neted (“smooth, clear”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: neted (“smooth, clear”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Italian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lld",
            "2": "nët",
            "3": "nëidi"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladin: nët, nëidi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladin: nët, nëidi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "nédi"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: nédi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: nédi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "neidi",
            "3": "naidi"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: neidi, naidi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: neidi, naidi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Occitano-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "nede"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: nede",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "nedas",
            "der": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ nedas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: nede ⇒ nedas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "nèdeu",
            "t": "clean"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Catalan: nèdeu (“clean”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Catalan: nèdeu (“clean”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "nèdeu"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: nèdeu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: nèdeu~nèdio~nèdol~nedo (“pasturage”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "nidiu",
            "3": "ñidiu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: nidiu, ñidiu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: nidiu, ñidiu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-leo",
            "2": "nidio"
          },
          "expansion": "Leonese: nidio",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Salamanca"
          },
          "expansion": "(Salamanca)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Leonese: nidio (Salamanca)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "nedio"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: nedio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: nedio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "nidio"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: nidio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: nidio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "nédio"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: nédio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: nédio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "nidio"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: nidio",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: nidio"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Vulgar Latin:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Vulgar Latin:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "VL.",
            "2": "*nittus",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "*nittus",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via syncope; see there for further descendants"
          },
          "expansion": "(via syncope; see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "*nittus (via syncope; see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "nítid",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: nítid",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: nítid"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "nitid",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: nitid",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: nitid"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "nitide",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: nitide",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: nitide"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "nitido",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: nitido",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: nitido"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "nítido",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: nítido",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: nítido"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "nìtitu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sicilian: nìtitu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sicilian: nìtitu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "nítido",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: nítido",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: nítido"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "niteō",
        "3": "-idus",
        "t1": "to shine"
      },
      "expansion": "niteō (“to shine”) + -idus",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From niteō (“to shine”) + -idus. The extended sense of 'pure, clean' (first attested in Marcellus Empiricus, ca. 400 CE) survives in the Gallo- and Italo-Romance descendants of the word.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nitida",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitide",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nitidus",
        "comp": "nitidior",
        "sup": "nitidissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "nitidus (feminine nitida, neuter nitidum, comparative nitidior, superlative nitidissimus); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nitidus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shining, polished, glittering"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shining",
          "shining"
        ],
        [
          "polished",
          "polished"
        ],
        [
          "glittering",
          "glittering"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "handsome, beautiful, good-looking"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "handsome",
          "handsome"
        ],
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
        ],
        [
          "good-looking",
          "good-looking"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "healthy-looking, well conditioned"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "healthy",
          "healthy"
        ],
        [
          "conditioned",
          "conditioned"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of persons) healthy-looking, well conditioned"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of persons"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If any person should take a delight to carry about with him in his sedan a pretty lambkin",
          "text": "Horace, Q. Horatii Flacci Satiræ. The Satires of Horace, in Philip Francis, A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace, With the Original Text, vol. 2, 1749, publ. by A. Millar, page 178, line 214.\nSi quis lecticâ nitidam geſtare amet agnam;",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sleek, plump"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sleek",
          "sleek"
        ],
        [
          "plump",
          "plump"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of animals) sleek, plump"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of animals"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "blooming, fertile"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blooming",
          "blooming"
        ],
        [
          "fertile",
          "fertile"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of plants) blooming, fertile"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of plants"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cultivated, refined"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cultivated",
          "cultivated"
        ],
        [
          "refined",
          "refined"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of speech or writing) cultivated, refined"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of speech or writing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pure, clean"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pure",
          "pure"
        ],
        [
          "clean",
          "clean"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Latin) pure, clean"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.ti.dus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnɪt̪ɪd̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈni.ti.dus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈniːt̪id̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nitidus"
}

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