"nitidus" meaning in Latin

See nitidus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈnɪ.tɪ.dʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈniː.ti.dus] (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: {{etymon|la|:af|niteō|-idus}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "do", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰeh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-iðos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-idus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "nitidus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="nitidus">, {{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 Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -idus Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -idus: 14 13 12 15 15 15 17
  2. handsome, beautiful, good-looking Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-nitidus-la-adj-WJm7wh3c Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -idus Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -idus: 14 13 12 15 15 15 17
  3. (of persons) healthy-looking, well conditioned Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-nitidus-la-adj-8dJHHEDU Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -idus Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -idus: 14 13 12 15 15 15 17
  4. (of animals) sleek, plump Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-nitidus-la-adj-Ne6l3A02 Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -idus Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -idus: 14 13 12 15 15 15 17
  5. (of plants) blooming, fertile Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-nitidus-la-adj-IX0~o~8v Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -idus Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -idus: 14 13 12 15 15 15 17
  6. (of speech or writing) cultivated, refined Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-nitidus-la-adj-wzDW3XQf Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -idus Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -idus: 14 13 12 15 15 15 17
  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 referencing missing etymons, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -idus, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing missing etymons: 10 9 10 10 12 11 38 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 4 3 4 5 6 4 74 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 8 6 8 9 20 16 34 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -idus: 14 13 12 15 15 15 17 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 11 10 10 12 13 12 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 7 7 8 9 8 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 6 6 7 8 7 60 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 9 8 8 10 10 9 47

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "lang_code": "ro",
          "sense": "smooth, clear",
          "word": "neted"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Balkano-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Ladin",
          "lang_code": "lld",
          "word": "nët"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Ladin",
          "lang_code": "lld",
          "word": "nëidi"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romansh",
          "lang_code": "rm",
          "word": "neidi"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Romansh",
          "lang_code": "rm",
          "word": "naidi"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Rhaeto-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Lombard",
          "lang_code": "lmo",
          "word": "nédi"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Gallo-Italic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Catalan",
              "lang_code": "ca",
              "word": "nèdeu"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Catalan",
              "lang_code": "ca",
              "word": "nèdio"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Catalan",
              "lang_code": "ca",
              "word": "nèdol"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Catalan",
              "lang_code": "ca",
              "sense": "pasturage",
              "word": "nedo"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Catalan",
          "lang_code": "roa-oca",
          "sense": "clean",
          "word": "nèdeu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Old Occitan",
          "lang_code": "pro",
          "word": "nede"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Old Occitan",
          "lang_code": "pro",
          "raw_tags": [
            "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
          ],
          "word": "nedas"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Gallo-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Asturian",
              "lang_code": "ast",
              "word": "nidiu"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Asturian",
              "lang_code": "ast",
              "word": "ñidiu"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Leonese",
              "lang_code": "roa-leo",
              "word": "nidiu"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Leonese",
          "lang_code": "roa-ole"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Galician",
              "lang_code": "gl",
              "word": "nidio"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Portuguese",
              "lang_code": "pt",
              "word": "nédio"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Galician-Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "roa-opt",
          "word": "nedio"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Old Spanish",
          "lang_code": "osp",
          "word": "nidio"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Ibero-Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "lang_code": "sc",
          "word": "innitu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "lang_code": "sc",
          "word": "innidu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "lang_code": "sc",
          "word": "indidu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sardinian",
          "lang_code": "sc",
          "word": "binnidu"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Insular Romance",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Vulgar Latin",
      "lang_code": "la-vul",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes",
        "via syncope; see there for further descendants"
      ],
      "word": "*nittus"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "nítid"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "nitid"
        },
        {
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "nitide"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Galician",
          "lang_code": "gl",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "nítido"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "nitido"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "lang_code": "pt",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "nítido"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "lang_code": "scn",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "nìtitu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "nítido"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Borrowings",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "niteō",
      "niteo#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "-idus",
      "-idus#Latin"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "niteō",
        "4": "-idus"
      },
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      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "niteō",
        "3": "-idus",
        "t1": "to shine"
      },
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      "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",
      "links": [
        [
          "nitidī",
          "nitidi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidī",
      "links": [
        [
          "nitidī",
          "nitidi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidī",
      "links": [
        [
          "nitidī",
          "nitidi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "nitidōrum",
          "nitidorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "nitidārum",
          "nitidarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "nitidōrum",
          "nitidorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidō",
      "links": [
        [
          "nitidō",
          "nitido#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidō",
      "links": [
        [
          "nitidō",
          "nitido#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "nitidīs",
          "nitidis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "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",
      "links": [
        [
          "nitidōs",
          "nitidos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidās",
      "links": [
        [
          "nitidās",
          "nitidas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidō",
      "links": [
        [
          "nitidō",
          "nitido#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidā",
      "links": [
        [
          "nitidā",
          "nitida#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidō",
      "links": [
        [
          "nitidō",
          "nitido#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "nitidīs",
          "nitidis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "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",
      "links": [
        [
          "nitidī",
          "nitidi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitida",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 12 15 15 15 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -idus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shining, polished, glittering"
      ],
      "id": "en-nitidus-la-adj-EaCxQuyI",
      "links": [
        [
          "shining",
          "shining"
        ],
        [
          "polished",
          "polished"
        ],
        [
          "glittering",
          "glittering"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 12 15 15 15 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -idus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 12 15 15 15 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -idus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 13 12 15 15 15 17",
          "kind": "other",
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        {
          "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;",
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        }
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          "blooming"
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          "fertile"
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        "cultivated, refined"
      ],
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        [
          "cultivated",
          "cultivated"
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          "refined"
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        "(of speech or writing) cultivated, refined"
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}
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      "form": "nitidī",
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      "form": "nitidae",
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      "form": "nitida",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "nitidae",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "nitidōrum",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "nitidārum",
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          "nitidarum#Latin"
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "nitidōrum",
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      "form": "nitidīs",
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          "nitidas#Latin"
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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        "feminine",
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      "form": "nitidō",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "nitidīs",
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        [
          "nitidīs",
          "nitidis#Latin"
        ]
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        "plural"
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "form": "nitidum",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nitidī",
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        [
          "nitidī",
          "nitidi#Latin"
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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      "form": "nitidae",
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        "plural",
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        "plural",
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        "sup": "nitidissimus"
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    }
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        "1": "nitidus"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "shining, polished, glittering"
      ],
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        [
          "shining",
          "shining"
        ],
        [
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          "polished"
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      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "handsome"
        ],
        [
          "beautiful",
          "beautiful"
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          "good-looking",
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        ]
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      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "healthy",
          "healthy"
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        [
          "conditioned",
          "conditioned"
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        "(of persons) healthy-looking, well conditioned"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of persons"
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      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
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      ],
      "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;",
          "translation": "If any person should take a delight to carry about with him in his sedan a pretty lambkin",
          "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": "[ˈnɪ.tɪ.dʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈniː.ti.dus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nitidus"
}

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