splendidus

Latin

Etymology

splendeō (“I shine”) +‎ -idus (“tending to”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsplen.di.dus/, [ˈs̠pɫ̪ɛn̪d̪ɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsplen.di.dus/, [ˈsplɛn̪d̪id̪us]

Adjective

splendidus (feminine splendida, neuter splendidum, comparative splendidior, superlative splendidissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. splendid, bright, glittering
2. distinguished, noble, illustrious

   Synonyms: ēgregius, ēlegāns, cōnspicuus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	splendidus	splendida	splendidum		splendidī	splendidae	splendida
genitive	splendidī	splendidae	splendidī		splendidōrum	splendidārum	splendidōrum
dative	splendidō	splendidae	splendidō		splendidīs
accusative	splendidum	splendidam	splendidum		splendidōs	splendidās	splendida
ablative	splendidō	splendidā	splendidō		splendidīs
vocative	splendide	splendida	splendidum		splendidī	splendidae	splendida

Descendants

• → Catalan: esplèndid
• → English: splendid
• → French: splendide
• → Italian: splendido
• → Portuguese: esplêndido
• → Romanian: splendid
• → Spanish: espléndido

References

• “splendidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “splendidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• splendidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to prepare, give a feast, dinner: convivium instruere, apparare, ornare (magnifice, splendide)