surdus

== Latin == === Etymology === From the Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“ringing, whistling”). See also Latin susurrus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsʊr.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsur.dus] === Adjective === surdus (feminine surda, neuter surdum); first/second-declension adjective deaf inattentive, unresponsive silent, noiseless, still indistinct, dull, faint ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== absurdus exsurdō surdaster ==== Descendants ==== === References === “surdus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “surdus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "surdus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “surdus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.