hispidus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”), same root as horreo and hordeum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhis.pi.dus/, [ˈhɪs̠pɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.pi.dus/, [ˈispid̪us]

Adjective

hispidus (feminine hispida, neuter hispidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. rough, shaggy, hairy, bristly, prickly

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hispidus	hispida	hispidum		hispidī	hispidae	hispida
genitive	hispidī	hispidae	hispidī		hispidōrum	hispidārum	hispidōrum
dative	hispidō	hispidae	hispidō		hispidīs
accusative	hispidum	hispidam	hispidum		hispidōs	hispidās	hispida
ablative	hispidō	hispidā	hispidō		hispidīs
vocative	hispide	hispida	hispidum		hispidī	hispidae	hispida

Derived terms

• hispidulus

Descendants

• Italian: ispido

References

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