aridulus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-eh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *āsēō

Latin āreō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin āridus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin āridulus

From āridus (“dry”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aːˈrɪ.dʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈriː.du.lus]

Adjective

āridulus (feminine āridula, neuter āridulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of āridus (“dry”): somewhat dry
   • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 64:

     laneaque aridulis haerebant morsa labellis

     and woolen bits clung to dry lips

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	āridulus	āridula	āridulum		āridulī	āridulae	āridula
genitive	āridulī	āridulae	āridulī		āridulōrum	āridulārum	āridulōrum
dative	āridulō	āridulae	āridulō		āridulīs
accusative	āridulum	āridulam	āridulum		āridulōs	āridulās	āridula
ablative	āridulō	āridulā	āridulō		āridulīs
vocative	āridule	āridula	āridulum		āridulī	āridulae	āridula

References

• “aridulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aridulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.