fuscus

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-, see also furvus, Old Irish donn (dark), Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara, dust-colored). More at dye, dust, dusk.

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Adjective[edit]

fuscus (feminine fusca, neuter fuscum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. dark, dim, dimly lit
  2. black, brown
  3. (of the voice) husky, hoarse

Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fuscus fusca fuscum fuscī fuscae fusca
Genitive fuscī fuscae fuscī fuscōrum fuscārum fuscōrum
Dative fuscō fuscō fuscīs
Accusative fuscum fuscam fuscum fuscōs fuscās fusca
Ablative fuscō fuscā fuscō fuscīs
Vocative fusce fusca fuscum fuscī fuscae fusca

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Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeusgrīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceusmurrinus, 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[edit]

  • fuscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fuscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fuscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette