aurantius
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Classical Persian نارنگ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”); influenced in form by a folk etymology connecting it with aurum (“gold”). See orange for more.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯ˈran.ti.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯ˈran.t͡si.us]
Adjective
aurantius (feminine aurantia, neuter aurantium); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | aurantius | aurantia | aurantium | aurantiī | aurantiae | aurantia | |
| genitive | aurantiī | aurantiae | aurantiī | aurantiōrum | aurantiārum | aurantiōrum | |
| dative | aurantiō | aurantiae | aurantiō | aurantiīs | |||
| accusative | aurantium | aurantiam | aurantium | aurantiōs | aurantiās | aurantia | |
| ablative | aurantiō | aurantiā | aurantiō | aurantiīs | |||
| vocative | aurantie | aurantia | aurantium | aurantiī | aurantiae | aurantia | |
Derived terms
- Translingual: Aurantium (genus)
See also
| albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic) | rāvus, pullus, mūrīnus (of livestock) | niger, āter, furvus, fuscus ("swarthy"), piceus (poetic) |
| ruber, russus, rūbidus (dark), flammeus (poetic); rutilus, pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic) | rūfus, rutilus, rōbus (of oxen), croceus (poetic), aureus (poetic); fulvus (poetic), niger (of eyes), badius (of horses) | lūteus, flāvus ("blond"), lūridus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic) |
| viridis, flāvus (poetic) | viridis, herbeus (of eyes), fulvus (poetic) | viridis, glaucus (poetic), caeruleus (poetic, only dark) |
| glaucus (poetic), caeruleus, caesius (of eyes) | caeruleus, līvidus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus (poetic) | |
| violāceus | purpureus (underlying shade) | roseus |