griseus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *grīs, found in Medieval Latin. See French gris and older Latin ravus.

Adjective

grīseus (feminine grīsea, neuter grīseum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (New Latin) grey

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative grīseus grīsea grīseum grīseī grīseae grīsea
Genitive grīseī grīseae grīseī grīseōrum grīseārum grīseōrum
Dative grīseō grīseō grīseīs
Accusative grīseum grīseam grīseum grīseōs grīseās grīsea
Ablative grīseō grīseā grīseō grīseīs
Vocative grīsee grīsea grīseum grīseī grīseae grīsea

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Middle Dutch: gris, grise (reborrowing[1])

See also
Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     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
  1. “grīs”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
  • griseus 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)
  • griseus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • griseus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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