fuscus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-ko-s (“dark-colored”),[1] (cognate with Proto-Germanic *duskaz), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-, seemingly related to Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-. See also furvus, Proto-Celtic *dusnos, Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara, “dust-colored”). More at dye, dust.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
See also edit
| 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 edit
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fuscus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 252
Further reading 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.