Latin edit

Etymology edit

cinis (ashes) +‎ -aceus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

cinerāceus (feminine cinerācea, neuter cinerāceum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. similar to ashes, ashen, ash colored

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cinerāceus cinerācea cinerāceum cinerāceī cinerāceae cinerācea
Genitive cinerāceī cinerāceae cinerāceī cinerāceōrum cinerāceārum cinerāceōrum
Dative cinerāceō cinerāceō cinerāceīs
Accusative cinerāceum cinerāceam cinerāceum cinerāceōs cinerāceās cinerācea
Ablative cinerāceō cinerāceā cinerāceō cinerāceīs
Vocative cinerācee cinerācea cinerāceum cinerāceī cinerāceae cinerācea

Synonyms edit

See also edit

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeusgrīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceusmurrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References edit

  • cineraceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cineraceus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.