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-idus
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idus
Latin
Alternative forms
la -cidus enlargement
Etymology
la adjectives :inh itc-pro:*-iðos<ety:der<ine-pro:*dʰeh₁-<id:do>>> suffix
From la itc-pro *-iðos, from la ine-pro *-dʰh₁-os, a thematized formation from ine-pro *dʰeh₁- to put, place, originally attached to i-stems.Weiss Michael Language and Ritual in Sabellic Italy: The Ritual Complex of the Third and the Fourth Tabulae Iguvinae Brill Brill's Studies in Indo-Europe 2010 978-90-04-17789-5 195
Pronunciation
-idus stressed on antepenult
Suffix
-idus
la suffix forming adjectives tending to
Usage notes
Often coexists with a stative verb in la -eō, an inchoative verb in la -ēscō, and/or an abstract noun in la -or:Alan J. Nussbaum *Jocidus: an account of the Latin adjectives in -idus 377 1999-01-01 https://www.academia.edu/1147447/_Jocidus_an_account_of_the_Latin_adjectives_in_idus e.g., sets like la timidus fearful, afraid, timid, la timeō to fear, be afraid, la timor fear are common.
Declension
-idus
Derived terms
la
Descendants
en -id
fr -ide
it -ido
pt -ido
ro -ed -id
scn -itu
es -ido
References
1 -idus 821