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) IPA^(key): /ˈfur.u̯us/, [ˈfʊru̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfur.vus/, [ˈfurvus]

Adjective

furvus (feminine furva, neuter furvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. dark, dusky, gloomy, swarthy, black

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	furvus	furva	furvum		furvī	furvae	furva
Genitive	furvī	furvae	furvī		furvōrum	furvārum	furvōrum
Dative	furvō		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

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

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.