coruscus

Latin

Etymology

From coruscō (“I shake, wave”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koˈrus.kus/, [kɔˈrʊs̠kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈrus.kus/, [koˈruskus]

Adjective

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

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

• coruscō
• coruscum

Related terms

• coruscāmen
• coruscātiō

Descendants

• Galician: corisco
• Italian: corrusco

References

• “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.