validus

Latin

Etymology

From valeō (“I am strong, I am healthy, I am worth”) +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwa.lɪ.dʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvaː.li.d̪us]

Adjective

validus (feminine valida, neuter validum, comparative validior, superlative validissimus); first/second-declension adjective

strong
Synonyms: praevalēns, fortis, potis, potēns, strēnuus, ingēns, firmus, compos

Antonyms: dēbilis, languidus, aeger, fractus, tenuis, obnoxius, inops
healthy, well
Synonyms: saluber, salvus, sanus, integer, intactus, sospes, incolumis, sollus

Antonyms: aeger, miser, fessus, affectus, languidus, īnfirmus
worthy
valid

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	validus	valida	validum	validī	validae	valida
genitive	validī	validae	validī	validōrum	validārum	validōrum
dative	validō	validae	validō	validīs
accusative	validum	validam	validum	validōs	validās	valida
ablative	validō	validā	validō	validīs
vocative	valide	valida	validum	validī	validae	valida

Derived terms

Descendants

Catalan: vàlid
English: valid
French: valide
Friulian: valit
→ Galician: válido
German: valid, valide
Italian: valido
Portuguese: válido
Romanian: valid
Spanish: válido

References

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