azurinus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Romance words such as Old French azur and Old Italian azzurro, ultimately borrowed from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), dropping the l as if it were equivalent to the French article l’.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /az.zuˈriː.nus/, [äz̪d̪͡z̪ʊˈriːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ad.d͡zuˈri.nus/, [äd̪ː͡z̪uˈriːnus]

Adjective

azurīnus (feminine azurīna, neuter azurīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Medieval Latin) Of blue colour.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	azurīnus	azurīna	azurīnum		azurīnī	azurīnae	azurīna
genitive	azurīnī	azurīnae	azurīnī		azurīnōrum	azurīnārum	azurīnōrum
dative	azurīnō	azurīnae	azurīnō		azurīnīs
accusative	azurīnum	azurīnam	azurīnum		azurīnōs	azurīnās	azurīna
ablative	azurīnō	azurīnā	azurīnō		azurīnīs
vocative	azurīne	azurīna	azurīnum		azurīnī	azurīnae	azurīna

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

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

• azurinus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016