eburneus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ebur +‎ -nus +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

eburneus (feminine eburnea, neuter eburneum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of ivory
  2. white as ivory

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative eburneus eburnea eburneum eburneī eburneae eburnea
genitive eburneī eburneae eburneī eburneōrum eburneārum eburneōrum
dative eburneō eburneae eburneō eburneīs
accusative eburneum eburneam eburneum eburneōs eburneās eburnea
ablative eburneō eburneā eburneō eburneīs
vocative eburnee eburnea eburneum eburneī eburneae eburnea

Descendants

  • Catalan: eburni
  • English: ivory
  • French: éburnéen
  • Galician: ebúrneo
  • Italian: eburneo
  • Portuguese: ebúrneo
  • Spanish: ebúrneo

See also

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

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