russus

Latin

Etymology

    From Proto-Italic *russos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). Compare Old East Slavic русъ (rusŭ) (< Proto-Slavic *rusъ < *rudsъ). See also ruber.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    russus (feminine russa, neuter russum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. red (a kind of cheap, coarse red, perhaps such as could be produced with madder; whole circus awnings could be dyed to this color)

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative russus russa russum russī russae russa
    genitive russī russae russī russōrum russārum russōrum
    dative russō russae russō russīs
    accusative russum russam russum russōs russās russa
    ablative russō russā russō russīs
    vocative russe russa russum russī russae russa

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    • factio russata
    • russātus
    • russescō
    • russetum, russeta, rossetum
    • russeus
    • russulus

    Descendants

    • Aromanian: arosh, rosh
    • Asturian: roxu
    • Catalan: ros
    • Emilian: råss
    • Old French: rous, ros
    • Friulian: ros
    • Greek: ρούσος (roúsos)
    • Istriot: russo
    • Dalmatian: ros
    • Italian: rosso
    • Megleno-Romanian: roș, roși
    • Neapolitan: russo
    • Occitan: ros
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: roxo
      • Galician: roxo
      • Portuguese: roxo (see there for further descendants)
    • Romanian: roșu
    • Romagnol: ròss (San Marino), råss (Rimini)
    • Sicilian: russu
    • Old Spanish: roxo
    • Venetan: róso
    • Ukrainian: ру́сий, ро́сий, руся́вий (rúsyj, rósyj, rusjávyj)

    See also

    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

    References

    • “russus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “russus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “russus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 527
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