sordidus

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsor.di.dus/, [ˈs̠ɔrd̪ɪd̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsor.di.dus/, [ˈsɔrd̪id̪us]

Adjective

sordidus (feminine sordida, neuter sordidum, comparative sordidior, superlative sordidissimus); first/second-declension adjective

dirty, filthy, nasty
Synonyms: incestus, impūrus

Antonyms: pūrus, putus, absolūtus
of poor, mean, base quality, low-brow
Synonyms: modicus, ignōbilis, humilis, abiectus, dēmissus

Antonyms: altus, sublimis, excelsus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	sordidus	sordida	sordidum	sordidī	sordidae	sordida
Genitive	sordidī	sordidae	sordidī	sordidōrum	sordidārum	sordidōrum
Dative	sordidō	sordidae	sordidō	sordidīs
Accusative	sordidum	sordidam	sordidum	sordidōs	sordidās	sordida
Ablative	sordidō	sordidā	sordidō	sordidīs
Vocative	sordide	sordida	sordidum	sordidī	sordidae	sordida

Derived terms

sordidātus

Descendants

Borrowed:
- → English: sordid
- → Catalan: sòrdid
- → French: sordide
  - → Romanian: sordid
- → Italian: sordido
- → Occitan: sordid
- → Portuguese: sórdido
- → Spanish: sórdido
Inherited:
- Directly:
  - Middle French: sourdre, soudre
  - Sardinian: sordidu, soridu (probably)
- Via sordidior:
  - Old French: sordeire
  - Old Occitan: sordéjer, sordege (Gascony)
    - Occitan: sordaire
- Via sordidiorem:
  - Old French: sordeior ⇒ estre li surdeur
    - Angevin: sourdeor
  - Old Occitan: sordejor ⇒ sordejar
    - Limousin: sourdejá
- Via sordidius:
  - Old French: sordeis, sordois
  - Old Occitan: sordeis
    - Gascon: sourdeix (Béarn)

References

“sordidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“sordidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
sordidus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
sordidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sordidus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 12: Sk–š, page 108

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