fuscus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-, see also furvus, Old Irish donn (“dark”), Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara, “dust-colored”). More at dye, dust, dusk.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfus.kus/, [ˈfʊs̠kʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfus.kus/, [ˈfuskus]
Adjective edit
fuscus (feminine fusca, neuter fuscum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | fuscus | fusca | fuscum | fuscī | fuscae | fusca | |
Genitive | fuscī | fuscae | fuscī | fuscōrum | fuscārum | fuscōrum | |
Dative | fuscō | fuscō | fuscīs | ||||
Accusative | fuscum | fuscam | fuscum | fuscōs | fuscās | fusca | |
Ablative | fuscō | fuscā | fuscō | fuscīs | |||
Vocative | fusce | fusca | fuscum | fuscī | fuscae | fusca |
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See also edit
albus, candidus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
ruber, rūfus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.) | flāvus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.) |
galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), blāvus (LL.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
References edit
- “fuscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fuscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fuscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette