rosaceus
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [rɔˈsaː.ke.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [roˈs̬aː.t͡ʃe.us]
Adjective
rosāceus (feminine rosācea, neuter rosāceum); first/second-declension adjective
- made of roses
- having the colour or fragrance of roses
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | rosāceus | rosācea | rosāceum | rosāceī | rosāceae | rosācea | |
| genitive | rosāceī | rosāceae | rosāceī | rosāceōrum | rosāceārum | rosāceōrum | |
| dative | rosāceō | rosāceae | rosāceō | rosāceīs | |||
| accusative | rosāceum | rosāceam | rosāceum | rosāceōs | rosāceās | rosācea | |
| ablative | rosāceō | rosāceā | rosāceō | rosāceīs | |||
| vocative | rosācee | rosācea | rosāceum | rosāceī | rosāceae | rosācea | |
Derived terms
- rosāceum (“the oil of roses”)
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
- “rosaceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “rosaceus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- rosaceus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016