russus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈrus.sus/, [ˈrʊs̠ːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈrus.sus/, [ˈrusːus]
Adjective edit
russus (feminine russa, neuter russum); first/second-declension adjective
- (rare) red, reddish-brown
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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 edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Aragonese: royo
- Aromanian: arosh, rosh
- Catalan: ros
- Old French: rous, ros
- Friulian: ros
- Greek: ρούσος (roúsos)
- Istriot: russo
- Dalmatian: ros
- Italian: rosso
- Neapolitan: russo
- Occitan: ros
- Old Galician-Portuguese: roxo
- Romanian: roșu
- Romagnol: ròss (San Marino), råss (Rimini)
- Sicilian: russu
- Old Spanish: roxo
- Spanish: rojo
- Venetian: róso
See also edit
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 edit
- “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