cineraceus

Latin

Etymology

cinis (“ashes”) +‎ -aceus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɪ.nɛˈraː.ke.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃi.neˈraː.t͡ʃe.us]

Adjective

cinerāceus (feminine cinerācea, neuter cinerāceum); first/second-declension adjective

1. similar to ashes, ashen, ash colored

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	cinerāceus	cinerācea	cinerāceum		cinerāceī	cinerāceae	cinerācea
genitive	cinerāceī	cinerāceae	cinerāceī		cinerāceōrum	cinerāceārum	cinerāceōrum
dative	cinerāceō	cinerāceae	cinerāceō		cinerāceīs
accusative	cinerāceum	cinerāceam	cinerāceum		cinerāceōs	cinerāceās	cinerācea
ablative	cinerāceō	cinerāceā	cinerāceō		cinerāceīs
vocative	cinerācee	cinerācea	cinerāceum		cinerāceī	cinerāceae	cinerācea

Synonyms

• cinericius
• cinereus

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic)	rāvus, pullus, mūrīnus (of livestock)	niger, āter, furvus, fuscus ("swarthy"), piceus (poetic)
ruber, russus, rūbidus (dark), flammeus (poetic); rutilus, pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic)	rūfus, rutilus, rōbus (of oxen), croceus (poetic), aureus (poetic); fulvus (poetic), niger (of eyes), badius (of horses)	lūteus, flāvus ("blond"), lūridus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic)
viridis, flāvus (poetic)	viridis, herbeus (of eyes), fulvus (poetic)	viridis, glaucus (poetic), caeruleus (poetic, only dark)
	glaucus (poetic), caeruleus, caesius (of eyes)	caeruleus, līvidus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus (poetic)
violāceus	purpureus (underlying shade)	roseus

References

• “cineraceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cineraceus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.