brunus

Latin

Alternative forms

• brūneus, brūnius, brunneus

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz. This had become necessary because Latin does not have a native word for brown.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbruː.nus/, [ˈbruːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbru.nus/, [ˈbruːnus]

Adjective

brūnus (feminine brūna, neuter brūnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Medieval Latin) brown

   Synonyms: fuscus, suffuscus, nigricāns, subniger

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	brūnus	brūna	brūnum		brūnī	brūnae	brūna
genitive	brūnī	brūnae	brūnī		brūnōrum	brūnārum	brūnōrum
dative	brūnō	brūnae	brūnō		brūnīs
accusative	brūnum	brūnam	brūnum		brūnōs	brūnās	brūna
ablative	brūnō	brūnā	brūnō		brūnīs
vocative	brūne	brūna	brūnum		brūnī	brūnae	brūna

Descendants

• Italian: bruno
• Spanish: bruno
• French: brun

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “brunus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• "brunus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)