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fulvus
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Latin
Etymology
From a Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥wós, from *bʰel- (“to shine”) + *-wós (whence -vus). See fulgeō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfʊɫ.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈful.vus]
Adjective
fulvus (feminine fulva, neuter fulvum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Related terms
- fulvaster
- fulvescens
- fulviceps (Fulvous-headed)
- fulvicrissa (Fulvous-vented)
- fulvifrons
- fulvipectus (Fulvous-breasted)
- fulviventris (Fulvous-bellied)
Descendants
See also
| albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
| ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, 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
- “fulvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fulvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fulvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “fulvus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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