cinereus
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɪˈnɛ.re.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃiˈnɛː.re.us]
Adjective
cinereus (feminine cinerea, neuter cinereum); first/second-declension adjective
- ashen, like ashes
- ash-colored, gray
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | cinereus | cinerea | cinereum | cinereī | cinereae | cinerea | |
| genitive | cinereī | cinereae | cinereī | cinereōrum | cinereārum | cinereōrum | |
| dative | cinereō | cinereae | cinereō | cinereīs | |||
| accusative | cinereum | cineream | cinereum | cinereōs | cinereās | cinerea | |
| ablative | cinereō | cinereā | cinereō | cinereīs | |||
| vocative | cineree | cinerea | cinereum | cinereī | cinereae | cinerea | |
Synonyms
- (like ashes): cinerāceus, cinericius
Related terms
- cinefactus
- cinerāceus
- cinerārius
- cinerēscō
- cinericius
- cinerōsus
- cinis
- concinerātus
- dēcinerātus
- dēcinerēscō
- succinericius
Descendants
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 |
References
- “cinereus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cinereus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.