ianthinus

Latin

Alternative forms

• janthinus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἰάνθινος (iánthinos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iˈan.tʰi.nus/, [iˈän̪t̪ʰɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈan.ti.nus/, [iˈän̪t̪inus]

Adjective

ianthinus (feminine ianthina, neuter ianthinum); first/second-declension adjective

1. violet (coloured)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ianthinus	ianthina	ianthinum		ianthinī	ianthinae	ianthina
Genitive	ianthinī	ianthinae	ianthinī		ianthinōrum	ianthinārum	ianthinōrum
Dative	ianthinō		ianthinō		ianthinīs
Accusative	ianthinum	ianthinam	ianthinum		ianthinōs	ianthinās	ianthina
Ablative	ianthinō	ianthinā	ianthinō		ianthinīs
Vocative	ianthine	ianthina	ianthinum		ianthinī	ianthinae	ianthina

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

• “ianthinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ianthinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.