adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
tābidus
tābidus (feminine tābida, neuter tābidum)
Classical[ˈtaː.bɪ.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈtaː.bi.dus]
Meaning
- adjectivemelting or wasting away, dissolving
- adjectivedecaying, rotting, consuming, putrefying
- adjectivepining away, languishing
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tābidus tābidulus | tābida tābidula | tābidum tābidulum |
| genitive | tābidī tābidulī | tābidae tābidulae | tābidī tābidulī |
| dative | tābidō tābidulō | tābidae tābidulae | tābidō tābidulō |
| accusative | tābidum tābidulum | tābidam tābidulam | tābidum tābidulum |
| ablative | tābidō tābidulō | tābidā tābidulā | tābidō tābidulō |
| vocative | tābide tābidule | tābida tābidula | tābidum tābidulum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tābidī tābidulī | tābidae tābidulae | tābida tābidula |
| genitive | tābidōrum tābidulōrum | tābidārum tābidulārum | tābidōrum tābidulōrum |
| dative | tābidīs tābidulīs | tābidīs tābidulīs | tābidīs tābidulīs |
| accusative | tābidōs tābidulōs | tābidās tābidulās | tābida tābidula |
| ablative | tābidīs tābidulīs | tābidīs tābidulīs | tābidīs tābidulīs |
| vocative | tābidī tābidulī | tābidae tābidulae | tābida tābidula |
tābĭdus, a, um, adj. tabeo,
I. melting or wasting away, dissolving, decaying, consuming, putrefying, pining away, languishing (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I. Lit.:
nix, Liv. 21, 36: corruptum et tabidum corpus, Suet. Tib. 51: ferae, id. Calig. 26: juvenci, Sen. Oedip. 147: jecur, id. ib. 358: mens, Ov. P. 1, 1, 67: tabidus erro, i. e. pining for love, Calp. Ecl. 3, 50.—II. Transf., act., wasting, consuming, corrupting, infectious:
venenum, Tac. A. 12, 66: vetustas, Ov. P. 4, 8, 49: pestis, Mart. 1, 79, 1: lues, Verg. A. 3, 137: Hecate, Luc. 6, 737: victus, i. e. starvation, Sen. Herc. Fur. 691. — Comp., sup., and adv. seem not to occur.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
tābidus adj.
tabes, wasting away, melting, decaying : in tabidā nive volutari, L.: mens mea tabida facta, O.— Wasting, consuming, corrupting, infectious : lues, V.: vetustas, O.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *teh₂-der. Latin tābeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin tābidus From tābeō + -idus.
Descendants
- Italiantabido
- Portuguesetábido
- Englishtabid
In English words that came into English from tābidus
- tabidtābidus