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 Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfʊr.wʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfur.vus]

Adjective

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

1. swart

   Synonyms: āter, niger

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	furvus	furva	furvum		furvī	furvae	furva
genitive	furvī	furvae	furvī		furvōrum	furvārum	furvōrum
dative	furvō	furvae	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, 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

• “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.