nudus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *nogʷedos, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷedós,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós. Cognates include Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), Sanskrit नग्न (nagna), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬕𐬥𐬀‎ (maġna), Old Armenian մերկ (merk) and Old English nacod (English naked).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnuː.dus/, [ˈnuː.dʊs]

Adjective

nūdus (feminine nūda, neuter nūdum); first/second declension

  1. unclothed, nude, naked
  2. stripped, deprived, destitute
  3. poor, needy
  4. bare, simple, pure
  5. unadorned

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative nūdus nūda nūdum nūdī nūdae nūda
genitive nūdī nūdae nūdī nūdōrum nūdārum nūdōrum
dative nūdō nūdō nūdīs
accusative nūdum nūdam nūdum nūdōs nūdās nūda
ablative nūdō nūdā nūdō nūdīs
vocative nūde nūda nūdum nūdī nūdae nūda

Descendants

References

  • nudus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nudus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nudus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • nudus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • nudus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nudus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • nudus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  1. ↑ American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots. Ed. Calvert Watkins. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985.
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