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 Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfus.kus/, [ˈfʊs̠kʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfus.kus/, [ˈfuskus]
Adjective
fuscus (feminine fusca, neuter fuscum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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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References
- “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.