blavus
Latin
Alternative forms
- blaveus
- blavius
- bloius
- blavineus
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”).
Pronunciation
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbla.vus/, [ˈbläːvus]
Adjective
blavus (feminine blava, neuter blavum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | blavus | blava | blavum | blavī | blavae | blava | |
| Genitive | blavī | blavae | blavī | blavōrum | blavārum | blavōrum | |
| Dative | blavō | blavō | blavīs | ||||
| Accusative | blavum | blavam | blavum | blavōs | blavās | blava | |
| Ablative | blavō | blavā | blavō | blavīs | |||
| Vocative | blave | blava | blavum | blavī | blavae | blava | |
See also
| candidus, albus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus | rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | āter, niger, piceus |
| pūniceus, murrinus, rūfus, ruber, russus, rūbrīcus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, auranteus, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx | gilvus, helvus, fulvus, flāvus, croceus, pallidus, lūteus, blondinus (ML.) |
| galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
| cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), blavus (ML.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
| violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
References
- blavus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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