phoeniceus
Latin
Alternative forms
- foenīceus, poenīceus
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φοινῑ́κεος (phoinī́keos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pʰoe̯ˈniː.ke.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [feˈniː.t͡ʃe.us]
Adjective
phoenīceus (feminine phoenīcea, neuter phoenīceum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | phoenīceus | phoenīcea | phoenīceum | phoenīceī | phoenīceae | phoenīcea | |
| genitive | phoenīceī | phoenīceae | phoenīceī | phoenīceōrum | phoenīceārum | phoenīceōrum | |
| dative | phoenīceō | phoenīceae | phoenīceō | phoenīceīs | |||
| accusative | phoenīceum | phoenīceam | phoenīceum | phoenīceōs | phoenīceās | phoenīcea | |
| ablative | phoenīceō | phoenīceā | phoenīceō | phoenīceīs | |||
| vocative | phoenīcee | phoenīcea | phoenīceum | phoenīceī | phoenīceae | phoenīcea | |
Related terms
Descendants
- English: Phoenician
- French: phénicien
- Italian: fenicio
- Portuguese: fenício
- Spanish: fenicio
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
- “phoeniceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers