gilvus
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *ǵilh₃wós, from *ǵeylh₃- (dialectal variant of *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”)) + *-wós (whence -vus). Compare helvus, fulvus, flāvus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡil.u̯us/, [ˈɡɪɫ̪u̯ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒil.vus/, [ˈd͡ʒilvus]
Adjective
[edit]gilvus (feminine gilva, neuter gilvum); first/second-declension adjective
- dun-colored, pale yellow (only used for horses)
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | gilvus | gilva | gilvum | gilvī | gilvae | gilva | |
genitive | gilvī | gilvae | gilvī | gilvōrum | gilvārum | gilvōrum | |
dative | gilvō | gilvae | gilvō | gilvīs | |||
accusative | gilvum | gilvam | gilvum | gilvōs | gilvās | gilva | |
ablative | gilvō | gilvā | gilvō | gilvīs | |||
vocative | gilve | gilva | gilvum | gilvī | gilvae | gilva |
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]- “gilvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gilvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gilvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.