lurdus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === lordus === Etymology === Uncertain; often suggested to be derived from lūridus (“sallow, pale”), perhaps influenced in meaning by Greek λορδός (lordós, “bent backward”), or from Frankish *lort (“crooked, lame, clumsy”), if not a full borrowing. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫʊr.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlur.dus] === Adjective === lurdus (feminine lurda, neuter lurdum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin) slow, heavy (Late Latin) clumsy, stupid ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Old French: lort, lord, lourt, lourd Middle French: lourd, lours, lourt French: lourd → Middle English: lourd >? Italian: lordo Old Occitan: lort >? Spanish: lerdo → Portuguese: lerdo === References ===