albidus
Meaning
- adjectiverarewhite
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Albus · Candidus · Albidus
1. Albus (ἀλφός) denotes ‘white,’ as far as it is in general a negation of all color, as that which is colorless; candidus (from ξανθός), as being itself a positive color, and, as such, the purest and brightest, near which all other colors have a shade of darkness and duskiness, as a fine brilliant white. Albus, opposed to ater, approaches, like λευκόν, to yellowish; candidus, opposed to niger, approaches, like ἀργόν, to bluish. Alba cutis is the skin of the sick and dropsical; candida, that of the fair girl. Figuratively, albor is the symbol of good fortune and joy; candor, of purity of mind and innocence. 2. Albus denotes ‘white;’ albidus, only ‘whitish.’ (iii. 193.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | albidus albidulus | albida albidula | albidum albidulum |
| genitive | albidī albidulī | albidae albidulae | albidī albidulī |
| dative | albidō albidulō | albidae albidulae | albidō albidulō |
| accusative | albidum albidulum | albidam albidulam | albidum albidulum |
| ablative | albidō albidulō | albidā albidulā | albidō albidulō |
| vocative | albide albidule | albida albidula | albidum albidulum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | albidī albidulī | albidae albidulae | albida albidula |
| genitive | albidōrum albidulōrum | albidārum albidulārum | albidōrum albidulōrum |
| dative | albidīs albidulīs | albidīs albidulīs | albidīs albidulīs |
| accusative | albidōs albidulōs | albidās albidulās | albida albidula |
| ablative | albidīs albidulīs | albidīs albidulīs | albidīs albidulīs |
| vocative | albidī albidulī | albidae albidulae | albida albidula |
granum, Col. R. R. 2, 9, 13: ulcus, Cels. 5, 26: pus albidius, id. 5, 28, n. 4: pus albidissimum, id. 5, 26, n. 20: color caeruleo albidior, Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 4.—Adv. not used.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*albʰós
- Proto-Italic*alβos
- Latinalbidus
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ējō Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin albeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin albidus From albeō (“to be white”) + -idus.