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nitidus

nitidus

Latin

Adjective

nitidus m ‎(feminine nitida, neuter nitidum); first/second declension

shining, polished, glittering
handsome, beautiful, good-looking
(of persons) healthy-looking, well conditioned
(of animals) sleek, plump
(of plants) blooming, fertile
(of speech or writing) cultivated, refined

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	nitidus	nitida	nitidum		nitidī	nitidae	nitida
genitive	nitidī	nitidae	nitidī		nitidōrum	nitidārum	nitidōrum
dative	nitidō	nitidae	nitidō		nitidīs
accusative	nitidum	nitidam	nitidum		nitidōs	nitidās	nitida
ablative	nitidō	nitidā	nitidō		nitidīs
vocative	nitide	nitida	nitidum		nitidī	nitidae	nitida

Descendants

Catalan: nítid, nèdeu, nèdol, net
Dutch: net
English: neat, nitid
French: net, nitide
Friulian: net
German: nett

Italian: netto, nitido
Portuguese: nédio, nítido
Romanian: neted
Sicilian: nettu
Spanish: nítido
Venetian: néto

References

nitidus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
nitidus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “nitidus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.