cyaneus

Latin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κυάνεος (kuáneos), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷei- (“to shine, white, light”), related to Hittite [script needed] (kuwannan-, “precious stone, copper, blue”).

cȳaneus (feminine cȳanea, neuter cȳaneum); first/second-declension adjective

(poetic, or in Greek contexts) synonym of caeruleus: deep or dark blue (colour)

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	cȳaneus	cȳanea	cȳaneum	cȳaneī	cȳaneae	cȳanea
genitive	cȳaneī	cȳaneae	cȳaneī	cȳaneōrum	cȳaneārum	cȳaneōrum
dative	cȳaneō	cȳaneae	cȳaneō	cȳaneīs
accusative	cȳaneum	cȳaneam	cȳaneum	cȳaneōs	cȳaneās	cȳanea
ablative	cȳaneō	cȳaneā	cȳaneō	cȳaneīs
vocative	cȳanee	cȳanea	cȳaneum	cȳaneī	cȳaneae	cȳanea

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

“cyaneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“cyaneus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“cyaneus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly