gilvus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵilh₃wós, from *ǵeylh₃- (dialectal variant of *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”)) + *-wós (whence -vus). Compare helvus, fulvus, flāvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɪɫ.wʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒil.vus]

Adjective

gilvus (feminine gilva, neuter gilvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. dun-colored, pale yellow (only used for horses)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gilvus	gilva	gilvum		gilvī	gilvae	gilva
genitive	gilvī	gilvae	gilvī		gilvōrum	gilvārum	gilvōrum
dative	gilvō	gilvae	gilvō		gilvīs
accusative	gilvum	gilvam	gilvum		gilvōs	gilvās	gilva
ablative	gilvō	gilvā	gilvō		gilvīs
vocative	gilve	gilva	gilvum		gilvī	gilvae	gilva

Descendants

• → Italian: gilvo

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

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