nitidulus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin niteō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin nitidus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin nitidulus

From nitidus (“shining”) + -ulus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

nitidulus (feminine nitidula, neuter nitidulum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of nitidus: somewhat elegant or trim

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nitidulus	nitidula	nitidulum		nitidulī	nitidulae	nitidula
genitive	nitidulī	nitidulae	nitidulī		nitidulōrum	nitidulārum	nitidulōrum
dative	nitidulō	nitidulae	nitidulō		nitidulīs
accusative	nitidulum	nitidulam	nitidulum		nitidulōs	nitidulās	nitidula
ablative	nitidulō	nitidulā	nitidulō		nitidulīs
vocative	nitidule	nitidula	nitidulum		nitidulī	nitidulae	nitidula

Related terms

• niteō
• nitidus

References

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