deciduus

== Latin == === Etymology === From dēcidō (“to fall down or off”) + -uus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈkɪ.du.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [deˈt͡ʃiː.du.us] === Adjective === dēciduus (feminine dēcidua, neuter dēciduum); first/second-declension adjective falling down or off, deciduous ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → English: deciduous, decidua → Portuguese: decíduo → Spanish: deciduo === References === “deciduus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “deciduus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.