griseus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *grīs, found in Medieval Latin. See French gris and older Latin ravus.

Adjective

grīseus (feminine grīsea, neuter grīseum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) grey

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	grīseus	grīsea	grīseum		grīseī	grīseae	grīsea
Genitive	grīseī	grīseae	grīseī		grīseōrum	grīseārum	grīseōrum
Dative	grīseō		grīseō		grīseīs
Accusative	grīseum	grīseam	grīseum		grīseōs	grīseās	grīsea
Ablative	grīseō	grīseā	grīseō		grīseīs
Vocative	grīsee	grīsea	grīseum		grīseī	grīseae	grīsea

Derived terms

• grīseolus

Descendants

• → Middle Dutch: gris, grise (reborrowing)
  • Dutch: grijs

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

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

• griseus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• griseus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• griseus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016