fuscus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfus.kus/, [ˈfʊs̠kʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfus.kus/, [ˈfuskus]

Adjective

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

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

Declension

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

Synonyms

• (dark, black): āter, niger

Related terms

• fuscitās
• fuscō

Descendants

• Asturian: foscu
• Dalmatian: fosc
• Catalan: fosc, fosca
• Galician: fosco, fusco
• Italian: fosco
• Ladin: fosch

• Old French: fusque
• Portuguese: fosco, fusco
• Sicilian: fuscu
• Spanish: hosco

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

candidus, albus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus	rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cineraceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)	āter, niger, piceus
pūniceus, murrinus, rūfus, ruber, russus, rubrīcus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius	rutilus, armeniacus, auranteus, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx	gilvus, helvus, fulvus, flāvus, croceus, pallidus, lūteus, blondinus (ML.)
galbus, galbinus, lūridus	viridis	prasinus
cyaneus	caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), blavus (ML.)	glaucus; līvidus; venetus
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)	ostrīnus, amethystīnus	purpureus, ātropurpūreus, roseus, rosāceus

References

• “fuscus”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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