suffuscus

Latin

Etymology

From sub- +‎ fuscus (“dark, black”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sufˈfus.kus/, [s̠ʊfˈfʊs̠kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sufˈfus.kus/, [sufˈfuskus]

Adjective

suffuscus (feminine suffusca, neuter suffuscum); first/second-declension adjective

1. brownish, darkish, or off-colour

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	suffuscus	suffusca	suffuscum		suffuscī	suffuscae	suffusca
genitive	suffuscī	suffuscae	suffuscī		suffuscōrum	suffuscārum	suffuscōrum
dative	suffuscō	suffuscae	suffuscō		suffuscīs
accusative	suffuscum	suffuscam	suffuscum		suffuscōs	suffuscās	suffusca
ablative	suffuscō	suffuscā	suffuscō		suffuscīs
vocative	suffusce	suffusca	suffuscum		suffuscī	suffuscae	suffusca

References

• “suffuscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “suffuscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• suffuscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.