blatteus

Latin

Etymology

blatta (“clot of blood”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈblat.te.us/, [ˈbɫ̪ät̪ːeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈblat.te.us/, [ˈblät̪ːeus]

Adjective

blatteus (feminine blattea, neuter blatteum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Purple-colored, purple

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blatteus	blattea	blatteum		blatteī	blatteae	blattea
genitive	blatteī	blatteae	blatteī		blatteōrum	blatteārum	blatteōrum
dative	blatteō	blatteae	blatteō		blatteīs
accusative	blatteum	blatteam	blatteum		blatteōs	blatteās	blattea
ablative	blatteō	blatteā	blatteō		blatteīs
vocative	blattee	blattea	blatteum		blatteī	blatteae	blattea

Derived terms

• blattea

References

• “blatteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• blatteus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.