mulleus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Uncertain;[1] proposed derivations include:

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mulleus (feminine mullea, neuter mulleum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of a red color (said of shoes)
    calcei mullei
    red calceuses

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mulleus mullea mulleum mulleī mulleae mullea
Genitive mulleī mulleae mulleī mulleōrum mulleārum mulleōrum
Dative mulleō mulleō mulleīs
Accusative mulleum mulleam mulleum mulleōs mulleās mullea
Ablative mulleō mulleā mulleō mulleīs
Vocative mullee mullea mulleum mulleī mulleae mullea

Descendants

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  • French: mule

See also

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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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  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “mulleus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 122

Further reading

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  • mulleus calceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mulleus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mulleus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 394