Latin edit

Etymology edit

From coruscō (I shake, wave).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

coruscus (feminine corusca, neuter coruscum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. vibrating, waving, trembling, shaking
  2. flashing, twinkling

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative coruscus corusca coruscum coruscī coruscae corusca
Genitive coruscī coruscae coruscī coruscōrum coruscārum coruscōrum
Dative coruscō coruscō coruscīs
Accusative coruscum coruscam coruscum coruscōs coruscās corusca
Ablative coruscō coruscā coruscō coruscīs
Vocative corusce corusca coruscum coruscī coruscae corusca

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Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Galician: corisco
  • Italian: corrusco

References edit

  • coruscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • coruscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • coruscus 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)
  • coruscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.