balaustinus

Latin

Etymology

balaustium (“pomegranate-flower”) +‎ -īnus

Pronunciation

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, Franciszek à Mesgnien Meninski, “balaustinus”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎[1] (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.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative balaustīnus balaustīna balaustīnum balaustīnī balaustīnae balaustīna
genitive balaustīnī balaustīnae balaustīnī balaustīnōrum balaustīnārum balaustīnōrum
dative balaustīnō balaustīnae 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)
     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
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