furvus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-wó-s, from *dʰwes- + *-wós (whence Proto-Italic *-wos > Latin -vus), same source as fuscus, Old English dosen (“dark brown”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfʊr.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfur.vus]
Adjective
furvus (feminine furva, neuter furvum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | furvus | furva | furvum | furvī | furvae | furva | |
| genitive | furvī | furvae | furvī | furvōrum | furvārum | furvōrum | |
| dative | furvō | furvae | furvō | furvīs | |||
| accusative | furvum | furvam | furvum | furvōs | furvās | furva | |
| ablative | furvō | furvā | furvō | furvīs | |||
| vocative | furve | furva | furvum | furvī | furvae | furva | |
Descendants
- ⇒? Vulgar Latin: *burius
- Italian: buio
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 |
References
- “furvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “furvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- furvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.