gilvus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵilh₃wós, from *ǵeylh₃- (dialectal variant of *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”)) + *-wós (whence -vus). Compare helvus, fulvus, flāvus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɪɫ.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒil.vus]
Adjective
gilvus (feminine gilva, neuter gilvum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | gilvus | gilva | gilvum | gilvī | gilvae | gilva | |
| genitive | gilvī | gilvae | gilvī | gilvōrum | gilvārum | gilvōrum | |
| dative | gilvō | gilvae | gilvō | gilvīs | |||
| accusative | gilvum | gilvam | gilvum | gilvōs | gilvās | gilva | |
| ablative | gilvō | gilvā | gilvō | gilvīs | |||
| vocative | gilve | gilva | gilvum | gilvī | gilvae | gilva | |
Descendants
- → Italian: gilvo
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
- “gilvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gilvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “gilvus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.