Fuscus

See also: fuscus

Latin

Etymology

From fuscus (“dark, black”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfus.kus/, [ˈfʊs̠kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfus.kus/, [ˈfuskus]

Proper noun

Fuscus m sg (genitive Fuscī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Aristius Fuscus, a Roman poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Fuscus
Genitive	Fuscī
Dative	Fuscō
Accusative	Fuscum
Ablative	Fuscō
Vocative	Fusce

Derived terms

• Fuscīnus

References

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