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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-wó-s, from *dʰwes- + *-wós (whence Proto-Italic *-wos > Latin -vus), same source as fuscus, Old English dosen (dark brown).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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furvus (feminine furva, neuter furvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. dark, dusky, gloomy, swarthy, black

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative furvus furva furvum furvī furvae furva
Genitive furvī furvae furvī furvōrum furvārum furvōrum
Dative furvō furvō furvīs
Accusative furvum furvam furvum furvōs furvās furva
Ablative furvō furvā furvō furvīs
Vocative furve furva furvum furvī furvae furva

Descendants

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  • Vulgar Latin: *burius

See also

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Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeusgrīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceusmurrinus, 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

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