Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. strong
    Synonyms: praevalēns, fortis, potis, potēns, strēnuus, ingēns, firmus, compos
    Antonyms: dēbilis, languidus, aeger, fractus, tenuis, obnoxius, inops
  2. healthy, well
    Synonyms: saluber, salvus, sanus, integer, intactus, sospes, incolumis, sollus
    Antonyms: aeger, miser, fessus, languidus, īnfirmus
  3. worthy
  4. valid

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

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References

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  • 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.