invalidus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *walēō

Latin valeō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin validus

Latin invalidus

From in- + validus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪnˈwa.lɪ.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɱˈvaː.li.dus]

Adjective

invalidus (feminine invalida, neuter invalidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. infirm, impotent, weak, feeble

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	invalidus	invalida	invalidum		invalidī	invalidae	invalida
genitive	invalidī	invalidae	invalidī		invalidōrum	invalidārum	invalidōrum
dative	invalidō	invalidae	invalidō		invalidīs
accusative	invalidum	invalidam	invalidum		invalidōs	invalidās	invalida
ablative	invalidō	invalidā	invalidō		invalidīs
vocative	invalide	invalida	invalidum		invalidī	invalidae	invalida

Descendants

• Catalan: invàlid
• English: invalid
• French: invalide
  • → Russian: инвалид (invalid)
    • → Armenian: ինվալիդ (invalid)
• Galician: inválido
• Italian: invalido
• Portuguese: inválido
• Spanish: inválido

References

• “invalidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “invalidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “invalidus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.