russus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *roussos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). Compare Old East Slavic русъ (rusŭ) (< Proto-Slavic *rusъ < *rudsъ). See also ruber.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈrus.sus/, [ˈrʊs̠ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈrus.sus/, [ˈrusːus]

Adjective

russus (feminine russa, neuter russum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (rare) red, reddish-brown

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	russus	russa	russum		russī	russae	russa
Genitive	russī	russae	russī		russōrum	russārum	russōrum
Dative	russō		russō		russīs
Accusative	russum	russam	russum		russōs	russās	russa
Ablative	russō	russā	russō		russīs
Vocative	russe	russa	russum		russī	russae	russa

Synonyms

• (red): ruber, rubeus

Derived terms

• russescō
• russetum, russeta, rossetum
• russeus
• russulus
• russātus

 

Descendants

• Aragonese: royo
• Aromanian: arosh, rosh
• Catalan: ros
• Old French: rous, ros
  • English: roux, russet
  • French: roux
• Friulian: ros
• Greek: ρούσος (roúsos)
• Istriot: russo
• Dalmatian: ros
• Italian: rosso
• Neapolitan: russo
• Occitan: ros
• Old Galician-Portuguese: roxo
  • Galician: roxo
  • Portuguese: roxo, russo
• Romanian: roșu
• Romagnol: ròss (San Marino), råss (Rimini)
• Sicilian: russu
• Old Spanish: roxo
  • Spanish: rojo
• Venetian: róso

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

• “russus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “russus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• russus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette