placidus

See also: Placidus

Latin

Etymology

From placeō (“please, satisfy”) +‎ -idus. Cf. plācātus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.ki.dus/, [ˈpɫ̪äkɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpla.t͡ʃi.dus/, [ˈpläːt͡ʃid̪us]
• Homophone: Placidus

Adjective

placidus (feminine placida, neuter placidum, adverb placidē); first/second-declension adjective

1. Placid, gentle, quiet, still, calm, mild, peaceful, tranquil

   Synonyms: misericors, mitis, tranquillus, quietus, clemens, mollis, lentus, lēnis

   Antonyms: violēns, obstreperus, trux, ferōx, atrōx, silvāticus, ācer

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.549:

     noctis erat medium placidīque silentia somnī

     It was midnight, and [there was now the] stillness of tranquil slumber.

2. (of fruits) Ripe, mellow
3. (of plants) Not wild, fruitful, suitable for cultivation

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	placidus	placida	placidum		placidī	placidae	placida
Genitive	placidī	placidae	placidī		placidōrum	placidārum	placidōrum
Dative	placidō		placidō		placidīs
Accusative	placidum	placidam	placidum		placidōs	placidās	placida
Ablative	placidō	placidā	placidō		placidīs
Vocative	placide	placida	placidum		placidī	placidae	placida

Derived terms

• implacidus
• placiditās
• placidō
• placidulus
• Placidus

Related terms

Related terms

• placēns
• placentia
• placeō
• placibilis
• placidē
• placitō
• placitum
• placitus
• placīvus
• placor

Descendants

From *pacidus, influenced by pāx:

• Italo-Romance:
  • Tuscan: pacito
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Lombard: pazi
  • Piedmontese: pasi
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Gascon: paije
  • Provençal: pai, pasi
  • Vivaro-Alpine: pazi
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: plàcid
  • → Corsican: placidu
  • → English: placid
  • → French: placide
  • → Galician: plácido
  • → Italian: placido
  • → Portuguese: plácido
  • → Romanian: placid
  • → Sicilian: plàcidu, pràcidu
  • → Spanish: plácido

References

• “placidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “placidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• placidus 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)
• placidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “placidus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray