nitidus

== Latin == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɪ.tɪ.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.ti.dus] === Adjective === nitidus (feminine nitida, neuter nitidum, comparative nitidior, superlative nitidissimus); first/second-declension adjective shining, polished, glittering handsome, beautiful, good-looking (of persons) healthy-looking, well conditioned (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. (of plants) blooming, fertile (of speech or writing) cultivated, refined (Late Latin) pure, clean ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === === 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, volume 7: N–Pas, page 147