azurinus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Romance words such as Old French azur and Old Italian azzurro, ultimately borrowed from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), dropping the l as if it were equivalent to the French article l'.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [az.zʊˈriː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ad̪.d̪͡z̪uˈriː.nus]
Adjective
azurīnus (feminine azurīna, neuter azurīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Medieval Latin) Of blue colour.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | azurīnus | azurīna | azurīnum | azurīnī | azurīnae | azurīna | |
| genitive | azurīnī | azurīnae | azurīnī | azurīnōrum | azurīnārum | azurīnōrum | |
| dative | azurīnō | azurīnae | azurīnō | azurīnīs | |||
| accusative | azurīnum | azurīnam | azurīnum | azurīnōs | azurīnās | azurīna | |
| ablative | azurīnō | azurīnā | azurīnō | azurīnīs | |||
| vocative | azurīne | azurīna | azurīnum | azurīnī | azurīnae | azurīna | |
See also
| 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 |