lurdus

Latin

Alternative forms

lordus

Etymology

Uncertain; often suggested to be derived from lūridus (“sallow, pale”),^[1]^[2] perhaps influenced in meaning by Greek λορδός (lordós, “bent backward”),^[3] 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.d̪us]

Adjective

lurdus (feminine lurda, neuter lurdum); first/second-declension adjective^[4]

(Late Latin) slow, heavy
(Late Latin) clumsy, stupid

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	lurdus	lurda	lurdum	lurdī	lurdae	lurda
genitive	lurdī	lurdae	lurdī	lurdōrum	lurdārum	lurdōrum
dative	lurdō	lurdae	lurdō	lurdīs
accusative	lurdum	lurdam	lurdum	lurdōs	lurdās	lurda
ablative	lurdō	lurdā	lurdō	lurdīs
vocative	lurde	lurda	lurdum	lurdī	lurdae	lurda

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

^ Greimas, A.J. (1969) “lort, lord”, in Dictionnaire de l'ancien francais jusq'uau milieu du XIVe siècle (in French), Paris: Larousse, page 373
^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “LERDO”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, page 358
^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “lordo”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
^ "lurdus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

[1] Greimas, A.J. (1969) “lort, lord”, in Dictionnaire de l'ancien francais jusq'uau milieu du XIVe siècle (in French), Paris: Larousse, page 373

[2] Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “LERDO”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, page 358

[3] Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “lordo”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

[4] "lurdus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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