cyaneus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek κυάνεος (kuáneos), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷei- (“to shine, white, light”), related to Hittite [script needed] (kuwannan-, “precious stone, copper, blue”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kyːˈa.ne.us/, [kyːˈäneʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈa.ne.us/, [t͡ʃiˈäːneus]
Adjective
[edit]cȳaneus (feminine cȳanea, neuter cȳaneum); first/second-declension adjective
- deep or dark blue (colour)
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | cȳaneus | cȳanea | cȳaneum | cȳaneī | cȳaneae | cȳanea | |
| genitive | cȳaneī | cȳaneae | cȳaneī | cȳaneōrum | cȳaneārum | cȳaneōrum | |
| dative | cȳaneō | cȳaneae | cȳaneō | cȳaneīs | |||
| accusative | cȳaneum | cȳaneam | cȳaneum | cȳaneōs | cȳaneās | cȳanea | |
| ablative | cȳaneō | cȳaneā | cȳaneō | cȳaneīs | |||
| vocative | cȳanee | cȳanea | cȳaneum | cȳaneī | cȳaneae | cȳanea | |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]| 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
[edit]- “cyaneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cyaneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cyaneus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly