cinereus

Latin

Etymology

From cinis (“ashes”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɪˈnɛ.re.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃiˈnɛː.re.us]

Adjective

cinereus (feminine cinerea, neuter cinereum); first/second-declension adjective

1. ashen, like ashes
2. ash-colored, gray

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	cinereus	cinerea	cinereum		cinereī	cinereae	cinerea
genitive	cinereī	cinereae	cinereī		cinereōrum	cinereārum	cinereōrum
dative	cinereō	cinereae	cinereō		cinereīs
accusative	cinereum	cineream	cinereum		cinereōs	cinereās	cinerea
ablative	cinereō	cinereā	cinereō		cinereīs
vocative	cineree	cinerea	cinereum		cinereī	cinereae	cinerea

Synonyms

• (like ashes): cinerāceus, cinericius

Related terms

• cinefactus
• cinerāceus
• cinerārius
• cinerēscō
• cinericius
• cinerōsus
• cinis
• concinerātus
• dēcinerātus
• dēcinerēscō
• succinericius

Descendants

• → Catalan: cineri
• → English: cinereous
• → Italian: cinereo
• → Portuguese: cinéreo
• → Spanish: cinéreo

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

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