LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

ēgelidus

ēgelidus (feminine ēgelida, neuter ēgelidum)
Classical[eːˈɡɛ.lɪ.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[eˈd͡ʒɛː.li.dus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivethawed, unchilled
  2. adjectivelukewarm, tepid

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeēgelidusēgelidaēgelidum
genitiveēgelidīēgelidaeēgelidī
dativeēgelidōēgelidaeēgelidō
accusativeēgelidumēgelidamēgelidum
ablativeēgelidōēgelidāēgelidō
vocativeēgelideēgelidaēgelidum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeēgelidīēgelidaeēgelida
genitiveēgelidōrumēgelidārumēgelidōrum
dativeēgelidīsēgelidīsēgelidīs
accusativeēgelidōsēgelidāsēgelida
ablativeēgelidīsēgelidīsēgelidīs
vocativeēgelidīēgelidaeēgelida

ē-gĕlĭdus, a, um, adj.
I. (Ex priv. as in effrenare.) Not cold; lukewarm, tepid (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): potio et frigidae propior, Cels. 4, 18 fin.; cf. aqua (opp. frigida), id. 6, 18; cf. Suet. Aug. 82: tepores, Cat. 46, 1; cf. ver (with mollissimus annus), Col. poët. 10, 282: hiemes, Aus. Ep. 24, 97: Notus (opp. gelidus Boreas), Ov. Am. 2, 11, 10: Mosella, Aus. Ep. 2, 4.—*
II. (Ex intensive, as in edurus, efferus, etc.) Chilly, chill, cold: flumen, Verg. A. 8, 610; Forbig. ad loc. (Rib. ecgelido): Hister, Aus. Caes. 21, 1: aquae, Plin. 31, 2, 6, § 10: exhalatio, App. de Mundo, 8.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Italic*eks
  3. Latinēgelidus

Latin ē- Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū̆ Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin gelidus Latin ēgelidus From ē- + gelidus.

Descendants
  • Englishegelid

Quick answers

What does ēgelidus mean in Latin?
ēgelidus, a adjective, means “thawed, unchilled; lukewarm, tepid”.
How do you pronounce ēgelidus?
In classical Latin, [eːˈɡɛ.lɪ.dʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eˈd͡ʒɛː.li.dus].
Where does ēgelidus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin ēgelidus.