LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

rōscidus

rōscidus (feminine rōscida, neuter rōscidum)
Classical[ˈroːs.kɪ.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɔʃ.ʃi.dus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivedewy
  2. adjectivemoist
  3. adjectivebedewed

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativerōscidusrōscidarōscidum
genitiverōscidīrōscidaerōscidī
dativerōscidōrōscidaerōscidō
accusativerōscidumrōscidamrōscidum
ablativerōscidōrōscidārōscidō
vocativerōsciderōscidarōscidum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativerōscidīrōscidaerōscida
genitiverōscidōrumrōscidārumrōscidōrum
dativerōscidīsrōscidīsrōscidīs
accusativerōscidōsrōscidāsrōscida
ablativerōscidīsrōscidīsrōscidīs
vocativerōscidīrōscidaerōscida

roscĭdus, a, um, adj. ros,
I. full of dew, wet with dew, dewy.
I. Lit.: herba, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 10: locus, id. ib. 3, 14, 2; cf. solum, Col. 5, 6, 10; Pall. Febr. 13, 2: qualitas caeli, Col. 3, 1, 6: virgae, id. 4, 30, 6: poma, Prop. 1, 20, 36: mala, Verg. E. 8, 37. umor, i. e. dew, Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 38: mella, dropping like dew, Verg. E. 4, 30.—Poet.: dea, i. e. Aurora, Ov. A. A. 3, 180: Hesperus, id. F. 2, 314; cf. Luna, Verg. G. 3, 337: noctes, Plin. 2, 62, 62, § 153; 18, 28, 67, § 260: Iris, Verg. A. 4, 700.—Neutr. plur. as subst.: roscida caespitum, i. e. dewy meadows, App. M. p. 102, 21. —
II. Transf., moistened, watered, wet (very rare): rivis Hernica saxa, Verg. A. 7, 683: tecta, Mart. 4, 18, 3.

Origins

From rōs + -idus with an unetymological -c-, probably by analogy with mūcidus (“moldy, musty”), sūcidus (“juicy, sappy; oily, greasy”) and viscidus (“sticky, glutinous”).

Borrowings
  • Englishroscid
  • Italianroscido
  • Portugueseróscido
Ibero-Romance
  • Portugueseruço
  • Spanishrucio
  • Galicianruzo
Gallo-Romance
  • Aragoneseruix
Vulgar Latin
  • unknown*rōscidāre

In English words that came into English from rōscidus

  • roscidrōscidus

Quick answers

What does rōscidus mean in Latin?
rōscidus, a adjective, means “dewy; moist; bedewed”.
How do you pronounce rōscidus?
In classical Latin, [ˈroːs.kɪ.dʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈrɔʃ.ʃi.dus].