luridus

Latin

Etymology

From lūror (“sallowness, paleness”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

lūridus (feminine lūrida, neuter lūridum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. pale yellow, wan, sallow, lurid
  2. ghastly, horrifying

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: lurid
  • Catalan: llord, llor
  • Galician: lorda, ludro
  • → Italian: lurido
  • Occitan: lord
  • Portuguese: ludro, lúrido
  • Sicilian: lurdu

See also
Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References
  • “luridus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “luridus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • luridus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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