algidus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin algeō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin algidus

From algeō (“to feel cold”) + -idus (“tending to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaɫ.ɡɪ.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈal̠ʲ.d͡ʒi.dus]

Adjective

algidus (feminine algida, neuter algidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. cold (i.e., so cold as to be uncomfortable)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	algidus	algida	algidum		algidī	algidae	algida
genitive	algidī	algidae	algidī		algidōrum	algidārum	algidōrum
dative	algidō	algidae	algidō		algidīs
accusative	algidum	algidam	algidum		algidōs	algidās	algida
ablative	algidō	algidā	algidō		algidīs
vocative	algide	algida	algidum		algidī	algidae	algida

Synonyms

• frīgidus (common word for "cold")

Related terms

• algeō
• algescō
• algificus
• algor
• algus

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: àlgid
• English: algid
• French: algide
• Italian: algido
• Portuguese: álgido
• Spanish: álgido

References

• “algidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “algidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “algidus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “algidus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “algidus”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press