LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

fūmidus

fūmidus (feminine fūmida, neuter fūmidum)
Classical[ˈfuː.mɪ.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈfuː.mi.dus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivesmoky, smoking

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefūmidusfūmidafūmidum
genitivefūmidīfūmidaefūmidī
dativefūmidōfūmidaefūmidō
accusativefūmidumfūmidamfūmidum
ablativefūmidōfūmidāfūmidō
vocativefūmidefūmidafūmidum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefūmidīfūmidaefūmida
genitivefūmidōrumfūmidārumfūmidōrum
dativefūmidīsfūmidīsfūmidīs
accusativefūmidōsfūmidāsfūmida
ablativefūmidīsfūmidīsfūmidīs
vocativefūmidīfūmidaefūmida

fūmĭdus, a, um, adj. fumus,
I. full of smoke, smoky, smoking.
I. Lit.: fax, Lucr. 3, 304; cf.: piceum fert fumida lumen Taeda, Verg. A. 9, 75: templa caeli (ignibus Aetnae), Lucr. 6, 644: altaria, Ov. M. 12, 259: caligo, Plin. 2, 42, 42, § 111; cf. lux, id. 2, 25, 22, § 90: amnis, Verg. A. 7, 465: tecta, Ov. M. 4, 405: vortex, Plin. 2, 43, 43, § 112.—
II. Transf.
A. Smokecolored: cautes, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 55: topazius, id. 37, 8, 35, § 114: chrysolithus, id. 37, 7, 28, § 101.—
B. Smelling of smoke, smoky: virus, Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 127.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰewh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰuh₂mós
  3. Proto-Italic*θūmos
  4. Proto-Italic*fūmos
  5. Latinfūmidus

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin fūmidus From fūmus (“smoke”) + -idus.

Quick answers

What does fūmidus mean in Latin?
fūmidus, a adjective, means “smoky, smoking”.
How do you pronounce fūmidus?
In classical Latin, [ˈfuː.mɪ.dʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfuː.mi.dus].
Where does fūmidus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós → Proto-Italic *θūmos → Proto-Italic *fūmos → Latin fūmidus.