ferrugineus

Latin

Etymology

ferrūgō +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fɛr.ruːˈɡɪ.ne.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fer.ruˈd͡ʒiː.ne.us]

Adjective

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

1. Of a dark color unrelated to iron rust, dark blue, dark violet.

   Synonyms: caeruleus, līvidus

2. (rare) Of the colour of iron rust.
3. 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

Related terms

• ferrāmentārius
• ferrāmentum
• ferrāria
• ferrārius
• ferrātus
• ferreus
• ferrūgināns
• ferrūgo
• ferrum
• ferrūmen

Descendants

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

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

• “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.