Literary notes about nitid (AI summary)
In literary texts, “nitid” is frequently used to evoke a sense of brightness or polished elegance, lending both physical and metaphorical luster to the descriptions. In one narrative, the adjective enriches the image of a character whose rifle appears strikingly gleaming as he strides forward [1], while in another it underscores the opulence of finely dressed attire [2]. Its versatility extends into Latin prose, where “nitid” describes the sparkling eyes of a sparrow and enhances the vivid imagery of natural and anatomical details—from radiant flora and foliage [3, 4] to meticulously depicted features in heraldic descriptions [5, 6, 7]. Such usage not only draws attention to the external beauty of objects and characters but also deepens the reader’s engagement with the text’s sensory richness.
- After coming into the open wood, he stood a moment, as if listening, and then strode rapidly forward, trailing a long nitid rifle as he did so.
— from The Frontier Angel: A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life by Edward Sylvester Ellis - exclaimed Sir Norfolk, almost shuddering at the inadvertence he had committed; ‘a waiting-man in such costly and nitid attire.
— from Cruikshank's Water Colours by William Harrison Ainsworth - In gremium matris Terräi præcipitavit: At nitidæ surgunt fruges, ramique virescunt Arboribus; crescunt ipsæ, fœtuque gravantur.
— from History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Vol. I by John Colin Dunlop - M. testâ olivæformi, glabrâ, nitidâ, spirâ brevissimâ, longitudinaliter rugatâ, striâ centrali transversâ; columella 4-plicata.
— from Zoological Illustrations, Volume 1 or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson - P. nitidè viridis; fronte genisque fulvo colore tinctis; rectricium brevium, parium, pennis mediis viridibus, cæteris aureis, omnium apicibus nigris.
— from Zoological Illustrations, Volume 3 or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson - P. viridis; vertice uropygioque nitidè cæruleis; tectricibus interioribus, corporisque lateribus coccineis; caudâ flavescente; rostro magno, dentato.
— from Zoological Illustrations, Volume 3 or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson - Alis suprà nigris; fasciâ mediâ anticarum fulvâ interruptâ; posticarum albâ, et a latere cœruleo nitidâ.
— from Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 2 by Dru Drury
