luridus

Latin

Etymology

From lūror (“sallowness, paleness”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.ri.dus/, [ˈɫ̪uːrɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ri.dus/, [ˈluːrid̪us]

Adjective

lūridus (feminine lūrida, neuter lūridum); first/second-declension adjective

1. pale yellow, wan, sallow, lurid
2. ghastly, horrifying

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lūridus	lūrida	lūridum		lūridī	lūridae	lūrida
Genitive	lūridī	lūridae	lūridī		lūridōrum	lūridārum	lūridōrum
Dative	lūridō		lūridō		lūridīs
Accusative	lūridum	lūridam	lūridum		lūridōs	lūridās	lūrida
Ablative	lūridō	lūridā	lūridō		lūridīs
Vocative	lūride	lūrida	lūridum		lūridī	lūridae	lūrida

Synonyms

• (ghastly, horrifying): cadāverōsus, foedus
• (wan): expallidus, exsanguis

Derived terms

• lurdus
• lūridātus

Related terms

• lūreō
• lūror

Descendants

• → English: lurid
• Catalan: llord, llor
• Galician: lorda, ludro
• → Italian: lurido
• Occitan: lord
• Portuguese: ludro, lúrido
• Sicilian: lurdu

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)	glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)	niger, āter, piceus, furvus
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius	rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)	flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
galbus, galbinus, lūridus	viridis	prasinus
cȳaneus	caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)	glaucus; līvidus; venetus
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)	ostrīnus, amethystīnus	purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

• “luridus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “luridus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• luridus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.