limpidus

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂p- (“to shine”) and so cognate with Old Norse leiptr (“lightning”), Lithuanian liepsnà (“flame”), Ancient Greek λάμπω (lámpō, “to shine”), Lithuanian lópė (“light”), Latvian lāpa (“torch”)[1].

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlim.pi.dus/, [ˈlɪm.pɪ.dʊs]

Adjective

limpidus (feminine limpida, neuter limpidum); first/second declension

  1. clear, bright, limpid

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative limpidus limpida limpidum limpidī limpidae limpida
Genitive limpidī limpidae limpidī limpidōrum limpidārum limpidōrum
Dative limpidō limpidae limpidō limpidīs limpidīs limpidīs
Accusative limpidum limpidam limpidum limpidōs limpidās limpida
Ablative limpidō limpidā limpidō limpidīs limpidīs limpidīs
Vocative limpide limpida limpidum limpidī limpidae limpida

Descendants

References
  • limpidus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • limpidus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • limpidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “limpidus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 33
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