phoeniceus

Latin

Alternative forms

• foenīceus, poenīceus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φοινῑ́κεος (phoinī́keos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰoe̯ˈniː.ke.us/, [pʰoe̯ˈniːkeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /feˈni.t͡ʃe.us/, [feˈniːt͡ʃeus]

Adjective

phoenīceus (feminine phoenīcea, neuter phoenīceum); first/second-declension adjective

1. purple-red

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	phoenīceus	phoenīcea	phoenīceum		phoenīceī	phoenīceae	phoenīcea
genitive	phoenīceī	phoenīceae	phoenīceī		phoenīceōrum	phoenīceārum	phoenīceōrum
dative	phoenīceō	phoenīceae	phoenīceō		phoenīceīs
accusative	phoenīceum	phoenīceam	phoenīceum		phoenīceōs	phoenīceās	phoenīcea
ablative	phoenīceō	phoenīceā	phoenīceō		phoenīceīs
vocative	phoenīcee	phoenīcea	phoenīceum		phoenīceī	phoenīceae	phoenīcea

Related terms

• Phoenīcē
• Phoenīcia

Descendants

• English: Phoenician
• French: phénicien
• Italian: fenicio
• Portuguese: fenício
• Spanish: fenicio

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

• “phoeniceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers