ferrugineus

Latin

Etymology

ferrūgō +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fer.ruːˈɡi.ne.us/, [fɛrːuːˈɡɪneʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fer.ruˈd͡ʒi.ne.us/, [ferːuˈd͡ʒiːneus]

Adjective

ferrūgineus (feminine ferrūginea, neuter ferrūgineum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of the colour of iron rust (ferric oxide), dark red, ferruginous.
2. Of the taste of iron.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ferrūgineus	ferrūginea	ferrūgineum		ferrūgineī	ferrūgineae	ferrūginea
Genitive	ferrūgineī	ferrūgineae	ferrūgineī		ferrūgineōrum	ferrūgineārum	ferrūgineōrum
Dative	ferrūgineō		ferrūgineō		ferrūgineīs
Accusative	ferrūgineum	ferrūgineam	ferrūgineum		ferrūgineōs	ferrūgineās	ferrūginea
Ablative	ferrūgineō	ferrūgineā	ferrūgineō		ferrūgineīs
Vocative	ferrūginee	ferrūginea	ferrūgineum		ferrūgineī	ferrūgineae	ferrūginea

Related terms

• ferrāmentārius
• ferrāmentum
• ferrāria
• ferrārius
• ferrātus
• ferreus
• ferrūgināns
• ferrūgo
• ferrum
• ferrūmen

Descendants

• → English: ferruginous
• Translingual: Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, Xyleborus ferrugineus

References

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