puniceus

Latin

Etymology

pūnicus +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puːˈni.ke.us/, [puːˈnɪkeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puˈni.t͡ʃe.us/, [puˈniːt͡ʃeus]

Adjective

pūniceus (feminine pūnicea, neuter pūniceum); first/second-declension adjective

1. pure lively red, scarlet

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	pūniceus	pūnicea	pūniceum		pūniceī	pūniceae	pūnicea
Genitive	pūniceī	pūniceae	pūniceī		pūniceōrum	pūniceārum	pūniceōrum
Dative	pūniceō		pūniceō		pūniceīs
Accusative	pūniceum	pūniceam	pūniceum		pūniceōs	pūniceās	pūnicea
Ablative	pūniceō	pūniceā	pūniceō		pūniceīs
Vocative	pūnicee	pūnicea	pūniceum		pūniceī	pūniceae	pūnicea

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

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