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Vidua

Vidua

See also: vidua and vídua

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Vidua f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Viduidae – the indigobirds and whydahs.

References

  • Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

vidua

vidua

See also: Vidua and vídua

Latin

Noun

vidua f (genitive viduae); first declension

  1. widow
  2. unmarried woman

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative vidua viduae
genitive viduae viduārum
dative viduae viduīs
accusative viduam viduās
ablative viduā viduīs
vocative vidua viduae

Descendants

  • Occitan: veusa
  • Portuguese: viúva
  • Romanian: văduvă
  • Romansch: vaiva, vieua
  • Sicilian: vìduva, vìdua
  • Sardinian: fiuda
  • Spanish: viuda
  • Venetian: védoa

Adjective

vidua

  1. nominative feminine singular of viduus
  2. nominative neuter plural of viduus
  3. accusative neuter plural of viduus
  4. vocative feminine singular of viduus
  5. vocative neuter plural of viduus

viduā

  1. ablative feminine singular of viduus

Related terms

References

  • vidua in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vidua in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly