marmoreus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /marˈmo.re.us/, [märˈmɔreʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /marˈmo.re.us/, [märˈmɔːreus]
Adjective edit
marmoreus (feminine marmorea, neuter marmoreum); first/second-declension adjective
- of, pertaining to, made or consisting of marble
- resembling marble, marblelike
- adorned with statues
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | marmoreus | marmorea | marmoreum | marmoreī | marmoreae | marmorea | |
| Genitive | marmoreī | marmoreae | marmoreī | marmoreōrum | marmoreārum | marmoreōrum | |
| Dative | marmoreō | marmoreō | marmoreīs | ||||
| Accusative | marmoreum | marmoream | marmoreum | marmoreōs | marmoreās | marmorea | |
| Ablative | marmoreō | marmoreā | marmoreō | marmoreīs | |||
| Vocative | marmoree | marmorea | marmoreum | marmoreī | marmoreae | marmorea | |
Descendants edit
See also edit
| albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
| ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, 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
- “marmoreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “marmoreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- marmoreus 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)
- marmoreus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- marmoreus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016