ferrugineus

Latin

Etymology

ferrūgō +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ferrūgineus (feminine ferrūginea, neuter ferrūgineum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of the colour of iron rust (ferric oxide), dark red, ferruginous.
  2. Of the taste of iron.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ferrūgineus ferrūginea ferrūgineum ferrūgineī ferrūgineae ferrūginea
genitive ferrūgineī ferrūgineae ferrūgineī ferrūgineōrum ferrūgineārum ferrūgineōrum
dative ferrūgineō ferrūgineae ferrūgineō ferrūgineīs
accusative ferrūgineum ferrūgineam ferrūgineum ferrūgineōs ferrūgineās ferrūginea
ablative ferrūgineō ferrūgineā ferrūgineō ferrūgineīs
vocative ferrūginee ferrūginea ferrūgineum ferrūgineī ferrūgineae ferrūginea

Descendants

  • → English: ferruginous
  • Translingual: Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, Xyleborus ferrugineus

References

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