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Placidus
Placidus
See also: placidus
Latin
Alternative forms
- Plac. abbreviation
Proper noun
Placidus m (genitive Placidī); second declension
- A masculine cognomen — famously held by:
- Lactantius Placidus (circa AD 350–400), presumed author of a commentary on P. Papinius Statius’s Thebaid (circa AD 92)
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Placidus |
| genitive | Placidī |
| dative | Placidō |
| accusative | Placidum |
| ablative | Placidō |
| vocative | Placide |
placidus
placidus
See also: Placidus
Latin
Adjective
placidus m (feminine placida, neuter placidum); first/second declension
- Placid, gentle, quiet, still, calm, mild, peaceful.
- (of fruits) Ripe, mellow.
- (of plants) Not wild, fruitful, suitable for cultivation.
Declension
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | placidus | placida | placidum | placidī | placidae | placida | |
| genitive | placidī | placidae | placidī | placidōrum | placidārum | placidōrum | |
| dative | placidō | placidō | placidīs | ||||
| accusative | placidum | placidam | placidum | placidōs | placidās | placida | |
| ablative | placidō | placidā | placidō | placidīs | |||
| vocative | placide | placida | placidum | placidī | placidae | placida | |
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References
- placidus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- placidus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PLACIDUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “placidus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- placidus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray