cyaneus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κυάνεος (kuáneos), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷei- (“to shine, white, light”), related to Hittite [script needed] (kuwannan-, “precious stone, copper, blue”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kyːˈa.ne.us/, [kyːˈäneʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈa.ne.us/, [t͡ʃiˈäːneus]

Adjective

cȳaneus (feminine cȳanea, neuter cȳaneum); first/second-declension adjective

1. deep or dark blue (colour)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cȳaneus	cȳanea	cȳaneum		cȳaneī	cȳaneae	cȳanea
Genitive	cȳaneī	cȳaneae	cȳaneī		cȳaneōrum	cȳaneārum	cȳaneōrum
Dative	cȳaneō		cȳaneō		cȳaneīs
Accusative	cȳaneum	cȳaneam	cȳaneum		cȳaneōs	cȳaneās	cȳanea
Ablative	cȳaneō	cȳaneā	cȳaneō		cȳaneīs
Vocative	cȳanee	cȳanea	cȳaneum		cȳaneī	cȳaneae	cȳanea

Derived terms

• cȳanescēns

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

References

• “cyaneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cyaneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “cyaneus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly