nitidus

Latin

Etymology

From niteō (“to shine”) +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ti.dus/, [ˈnɪ.tɪ.dʊs]

Adjective

nitidus (feminine nitida, neuter nitidum); first/second declension

shining, polished, glittering
handsome, beautiful, good-looking
(of persons) healthy-looking, well conditioned
(of animals) sleek, plump
(of plants) blooming, fertile
(of speech or writing) cultivated, refined

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
Nominative	nitidus	nitida	nitidum		nitidī	nitidae	nitida
Genitive	nitidī	nitidae	nitidī		nitidōrum	nitidārum	nitidōrum
Dative	nitidō	nitidae	nitidō		nitidīs	nitidīs	nitidīs
Accusative	nitidum	nitidam	nitidum		nitidōs	nitidās	nitida
Ablative	nitidō	nitidā	nitidō		nitidīs	nitidīs	nitidīs
Vocative	nitide	nitida	nitidum		nitidī	nitidae	nitida

Descendants

Eastern Romance:
- Romanian: neted
Old Leonese: [Term?]
- Asturian: nidiu
Old Portuguese: nedio
- Galician: nidio
- Portuguese: nédio
Old Spanish: [Term?]
- Spanish: nidio
Vulgar Latin: *nittus
- Italian: netto
- Old French: net
  Anglo-Norman: neit
  - → Middle English: *nete
    English: neat
    
    Scots: neat
  - French: net
    - → Romanian: net
    - → Spanish: neto
  - → Middle Dutch: net
    - Dutch: net
    - → Middle High German: nett (Lower Rhenish)
      - Alemannic German: nett
      - German: nett
  - → Middle English: net, nette
    - English: net
- Old Occitan: [Term?]
  - Occitan: net, ned
  - Old Catalan: nèdeu
    - Catalan: nèdol, net
      - → Spanish: neto
- Rhaeto-Romance:
  - Friulian: net
- Sicilian: nettu
- Venetian: néto
→ Catalan: nítid
→ English: nitid
→ French: nitide
→ Italian: nitido
→ Portuguese: nítido
→ Spanish: nítido

References

nitidus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
nitidus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
nitidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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