noun · femininethird declension
viriditās
viriditās f (genitive viriditātis)
Meaning
- greenness, verdure, viridity
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | viriditās | viriditātēs |
| genitive | viriditātis | viriditātum |
| dative | viriditātī | viriditātibus |
| accusative | viriditātem | viriditātēs |
| ablative | viriditāte | viriditātibus |
| vocative | viriditās | viriditātēs |
vĭrĭdĭtas, ātis, f. viridis,
I. green color, greenness, verdure, viridity.
I. Lit.:
herbescens viriditas, Cic. Sen. 15, 51: pratorum, id. ib. 16, 57: maris, Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 76.— II. Transf., freshness, briskness, vigor:
senectus aufert eam viriditatem, in quā etiam nunc erat Scipio, Cic. Lael. 3, 11: vigere et habere quandam viriditatem, id. Tusc. 3, 31, 75: laurea illa amittit longo intervallo viriditatem, id. Prov. Cons. 12, 29.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
viriditās ātis, f
viridis, green color, greenness, verdure, viridity: herbescens: pratorum.— Freshness, briskness, vigor: viriditas, in quā etiam nunc erat Scipio: laurea amittit viriditatem.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin viriditās From viridis + -tās.
Descendants
- Italianviridità
In English words that came into English from viriditās
- viridityviriditās