nitidusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From niteō (“to shine”) +‎ -idus. The extended sense of 'pure, clean' (first attested in Marcellus Empiricus, ca. 400 CE) survives in the Gallo- and Italo-Romance descendants of the word.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈnɪ.tɪ.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈniː.t̪i.d̪us]

形容詞

nitidus (feminine nitida, neuter nitidum, comparative nitidior, superlative nitidissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. shining, polished, glittering
2. handsome, beautiful, good-looking
3. (of persons) healthy-looking, well conditioned
4. (of animals) sleek, plump
   • Horace, Q. Horatii Flacci Satiræ. The Satires of Horace, in Philip Francis, A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace, With the Original Text, vol. 2, 1749, publ. by A. Millar, page 178, line 214.

     Si quis lecticâ nitidam geſtare amet agnam;

     If any person should take a delight to carry about with him in his sedan a pretty lambkin

5. (of plants) blooming, fertile
6. (of speech or writing) cultivated, refined
7. (Late Latin) pure, clean

語形変化

First/second-declension adjective.

派生した語

参照

Further reading

• “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
• nitidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Buchi, Éva, Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008–) “*/ˈnɪtid-u/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “nĭtĭdus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 7: N–Pas, page 147