viridis

Latin

Etymology

From the verb vireo (“to be verdant, to sprout”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwi.ri.dis/, [ˈwɪ.rɪ.dɪs]

Adjective

viridis (neuter viride); third declension

green
young, fresh, lively, youthful

Inflection

Third declension.

Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	viridis	viride		viridēs	viridia
genitive	viridis			viridium
dative	viridī			viridibus
accusative	viridem	viride		viridēs, viridīs	viridia
ablative	viridī			viridibus
vocative	viridis	viride		viridēs	viridia

Related terms

viridiarium
viridicātus
viriditas
virido

Descendants

Albanian: verdhë
Aromanian: veardi, vearde, veardzã (< viridia)
Asturian: verde
Breton: gwer
Catalan: verd
Cornish: gwyrdh, gwer
Corsican: verde, verdi
Dalmatian: viard
English: vert, virid
Franco-Provençal: vèrd
French: vert
Friulian: vert, verd
Galician: verde

Istriot: virdo
Italian: verde, verza (< viridia)
Ladin: vërt
Occitan: verd
Portuguese: verde, verça, berça (< viridia)
Romanian: verde, varză (< viridia)
Romansch: verd
Sardinian: bidre, birde, virde
Sicilian: virdi
Spanish: verde, berza (< viridia)
Venetian: vérdo, verdo
Welsh: gwyrdd

References

viridis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
viridis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
viridis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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