balaustinus

Latin

Etymology

balaustium (“pomegranate-flower”) +‎ -īnus

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ba.lau̯sˈtiː.nus/, [ba.ɫ̪au̯sˈt̪iː.n̪ʊs]

Adjective

balaustīnus (feminine balaustīna, neuter balaustīnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (New Latin) having a colour like the flower of the pomegranate or perhaps indigo
    • 1680, Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien, “balaustinus”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎ (in Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Latin, German, Italian, French, and Polish), Vienna, column 1687:
      ‏‎چوید‎ & چود‎
      .ćiwid t. Indicum, balaustinus color. Indig. Indaco, Indico. Inde, couleur. Indych, gránátowa farbá      ‎
      Indigo, balaustine color

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative balaustīnus balaustīna balaustīnum balaustīnī balaustīnae balaustīna
Genitive balaustīnī balaustīnae balaustīnī balaustīnōrum balaustīnārum balaustīnōrum
Dative balaustīnō balaustīnō balaustīnīs
Accusative balaustīnum balaustīnam balaustīnum balaustīnōs balaustīnās balaustīna
Ablative balaustīnō balaustīnā balaustīnō balaustīnīs
Vocative balaustīne balaustīna balaustīnum balaustīnī balaustīnae balaustīna

Descendants
  • → English: balaustine

See also
Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     candidus, albus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus      rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinericeus, plumbeus, grīseus      āter, niger, piceus
             pūniceus, murrhinus, rūfus, ruber, russus, rubrīcus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, auranteus, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx              gilvus, helvus, fulvus, flāvus, croceus, pallidus, lūteus, blondinus
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cyaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus, blavus              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpūreus, roseus, rosāceus
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