azurinus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Romance words such as Old French azur and Old Italian azzurro, ultimately borrowed from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), dropping the l as if it were equivalent to the French article l'.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [az.zʊˈriː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ad.d͡zuˈriː.nus]
Adjective
azurīnus (feminine azurīna, neuter azurīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Medieval Latin) Of blue colour.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | azurīnus | azurīna | azurīnum | azurīnī | azurīnae | azurīna | |
| genitive | azurīnī | azurīnae | azurīnī | azurīnōrum | azurīnārum | azurīnōrum | |
| dative | azurīnō | azurīnae | azurīnō | azurīnīs | |||
| accusative | azurīnum | azurīnam | azurīnum | azurīnōs | azurīnās | azurīna | |
| ablative | azurīnō | azurīnā | azurīnō | azurīnīs | |||
| vocative | azurīne | azurīna | azurīnum | azurīnī | azurīnae | azurīna | |
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 |