adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
sūdus
sūdus (feminine sūda, neuter sūdum)
Classical[ˈsuː.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈsuː.dus]
Meaning
- adjectiveraredry
Videturne uobis debere philosophia haec omnia uestigare et inquirere et cuncta specula uel uda uel suda [soli] uidere?
158 CE – 159 CE, Apuleius, Apologia sive pro se de magia 16 - adjectivebright, clear
Curate ut splendor meo sit clipeo clarior Quam solis radii esse olim quom sudumst solent;[…]
c. 206 BCE, Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 1.1.1–2Ergo, ubi [apes] ver nactae sudum camposque patentes Erumpunt portis; […]
And so, when met again with bright springtide and open fields, they [the bees] break free from their hive; […]c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 4.77
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sūdus | sūda | sūdum |
| genitive | sūdī | sūdae | sūdī |
| dative | sūdō | sūdae | sūdō |
| accusative | sūdum | sūdam | sūdum |
| ablative | sūdō | sūdā | sūdō |
| vocative | sūde | sūda | sūdum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sūdī | sūdae | sūda |
| genitive | sūdōrum | sūdārum | sūdōrum |
| dative | sūdīs | sūdīs | sūdīs |
| accusative | sūdōs | sūdās | sūda |
| ablative | sūdīs | sūdīs | sūdīs |
| vocative | sūdī | sūdae | sūda |
sūdus, a, um, adj. se-udus; cf.: sudum siccum quasi seudum id est sine udo, Fest. pp. 294 and 295 Müll.,
I. without moisture, dry; and of the weather, cloudless, bright, clear (class.; cf. serenus).
I. Adj.: ventorum flamina suda, Lucil. ap. Non. 31, 19:
flamen venti, Varr. ib. 234, 7: ver, Verg. G. 4, 77: tempestas, App. de Deo Socr. p. 42, 27: splendor luminis, id. M. 11, p. 260, 30: cuncta specula vel uda vel suda videre, id. Mag. p. 283, 37.—Adverb.: sudum, brightly, Prud. Cath. 7, 79.—B. Subst.: sūdum, i, n., bright, clear weather:
cum sudum est, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 2: horologium mittam et libros, si erit sudum, Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 3: dum sudum est, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 35: arma Per sudum rutilare vident, Verg. A. 8, 529; Val. Fl. 2, 115.—II. Somewhat moist = subudus;
ardentia viscera adhuc suda de sanguine, Arn. 7, 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sūdus adj.,
cloudless, bright, clear, serene: ver, V.—As subst n., a bright sky, clear weather: si erit sudum: Arma Per sudum rutilare vident, V.
Origins
Either from: * Proto-Indo-European *h₂sus-d(h)o-, from *h₂sews- (“dry”). Cognate with Ancient Greek αὖος (aûos), Russian сухо́й (suxój), Lithuanian saũsas and English sere, seer, sorrel; or, * (according to Festus) *sēūdum, from sē- + ūdus.