balaustinus

Latin

Etymology

balaustium (“pomegranate-flower”) +‎ -īnus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ba.lau̯sˈtiː.nus/, [bäɫ̪äu̯s̠ˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ba.lau̯sˈti.nus/, [bäläu̯sˈt̪iːnus]

Adjective

balaustīnus (feminine balaustīna, neuter balaustīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) having a colour like the flower of the pomegranate or perhaps indigo
   • 1680, Franciszek à Mesgnien Meninski, “balaustinus”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1] (in Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Latin, German, Italian, French, and Polish), Vienna, column 1687:

     چوید & چود
     .ćiwid t. Indicum, balaustinus color. Indig. Indaco, Indico. Inde, couleur. Indych, gránátowa farbá

     Indigo, balaustine color

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	balaustīnus	balaustīna	balaustīnum		balaustīnī	balaustīnae	balaustīna
Genitive	balaustīnī	balaustīnae	balaustīnī		balaustīnōrum	balaustīnārum	balaustīnōrum
Dative	balaustīnō		balaustīnō		balaustīnīs
Accusative	balaustīnum	balaustīnam	balaustīnum		balaustīnōs	balaustīnās	balaustīna
Ablative	balaustīnō	balaustīnā	balaustīnō		balaustīnīs
Vocative	balaustīne	balaustīna	balaustīnum		balaustīnī	balaustīnae	balaustīna

Descendants

• → English: balaustine

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

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