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Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

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

    1. (rare) red, reddish-brown

    Declension

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    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative russus russa russum russī russae russa
    genitive russī russae russī russōrum russārum russōrum
    dative russō russae russō russīs
    accusative russum russam russum russōs russās russa
    ablative russō russā russō russīs
    vocative russe russa russum russī russae russa

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    Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
         albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeusgrīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
                 ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceusmurrinus, 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

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    • 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.