fulvus

Latin

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥wós, from *bʰel- (“to shine”) +‎ *-wós (whence -vus). See fulgeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfʊɫ.wʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈful.vus]

Adjective

fulvus (feminine fulva, neuter fulvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. reddish-yellow, tawny, amber-coloured, fulvous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fulvus	fulva	fulvum		fulvī	fulvae	fulva
genitive	fulvī	fulvae	fulvī		fulvōrum	fulvārum	fulvōrum
dative	fulvō	fulvae	fulvō		fulvīs
accusative	fulvum	fulvam	fulvum		fulvōs	fulvās	fulva
ablative	fulvō	fulvā	fulvō		fulvīs
vocative	fulve	fulva	fulvum		fulvī	fulvae	fulva

Related terms

• fulvaster
• fulvescens
• fulvicrissa (Fulvous-vented)
• fulviceps (Fulvous-headed)
• fulvipectus (Fulvous-breasted)
• fulviventris (Fulvous-bellied)
• fulvifrons

Descendants

• Italian: fulvo
• Portuguese: fulo, fulvo
• Spanish: fulvo
• English: fulvous

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

• “fulvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fulvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fulvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “fulvus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray