ravus
Esperanto
Verb
ravus
- conditional of ravi
Latin
Etymology
Probably a loanword via South Picene or Sabellic/Osco-Umbrian, of non-IE origin, compare Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈraː.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈraː.vus]
Adjective
rāvus (feminine rāva, neuter rāvum); first/second-declension adjective
Usage notes
- Describes eyes, the early morning sea, wolf's coat and other things. As a color, described by one Roman source as being between flāvus (“blond”) and caesius (“blue eye color”).
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | rāvus | rāva | rāvum | rāvī | rāvae | rāva | |
| genitive | rāvī | rāvae | rāvī | rāvōrum | rāvārum | rāvōrum | |
| dative | rāvō | rāvae | rāvō | rāvīs | |||
| accusative | rāvum | rāvam | rāvum | rāvōs | rāvās | rāva | |
| ablative | rāvō | rāvā | rāvō | rāvīs | |||
| vocative | rāve | rāva | rāvum | rāvī | rāvae | rāva | |
Related terms
- grāvāstellus (“old man”)
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
- “ravus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ravus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "ravus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “ravus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “ravus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 515-16