tardus

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, according to De Vaan; possibly of Etruscan origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtar.dus/, [ˈt̪ärd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtar.dus/, [ˈt̪ärd̪us]

Adjective

tardus (feminine tarda, neuter tardum, comparative tardior, superlative tardissimus, adverb tardē); first/second-declension adjective

1. slow, sluggish

   Synonyms: languidus, sērus

2. tardy

   Synonyms: languidus, lentus

   Antonyms: rapidus, vēlōx, celer, properus, promptus, facilis

3. late, lingering

   Synonym: sērus

4. dull, stupid, slow-witted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tardus	tarda	tardum		tardī	tardae	tarda
Genitive	tardī	tardae	tardī		tardōrum	tardārum	tardōrum
Dative	tardō		tardō		tardīs
Accusative	tardum	tardam	tardum		tardōs	tardās	tarda
Ablative	tardō	tardā	tardō		tardīs
Vocative	tarde	tarda	tardum		tardī	tardae	tarda

Derived terms

• tarde
• tarditās

Related terms

• tardō

Descendants

• Aromanian: tãrdzãu, tãrdziu, tãrdu
• Asturian: tardu, tardiu
• Catalan: tard
• French: tardif
  • → English: tardy
• Italian: tardo, tardivo
• Occitan: tard, tardiu
• Portuguese: tardo, tardio
• Romanian: târziu
• Romansch: tard
• Sardinian: taldu, tardu, traddu, tradu
• Sicilian: tardu
• Spanish: tardo, tardío

Further reading

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