luteus
Latin
Etymology 1
From lūtum (“dyers' weed”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.te.us/, [ˈɫ̪uːt̪eʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.te.us/, [ˈluːt̪eus]
Adjective
lūteus (feminine lūtea, neuter lūteum); first/second-declension adjective
- saffron yellow
- sallow
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | lūteus | lūtea | lūteum | lūteī | lūteae | lūtea | |
| Genitive | lūteī | lūteae | lūteī | lūteōrum | lūteārum | lūteōrum | |
| Dative | lūteō | lūteō | lūteīs | ||||
| Accusative | lūteum | lūteam | lūteum | lūteōs | lūteās | lūtea | |
| Ablative | lūteō | lūteā | lūteō | lūteīs | |||
| Vocative | lūtee | lūtea | lūteum | lūteī | lūteae | lūtea | |
Etymology 2
From lutum (“mud, dirt, clay”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.te.us/, [ˈɫ̪ʊt̪eʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.te.us/, [ˈluːt̪eus]
Adjective
luteus (feminine lutea, neuter luteum); first/second-declension adjective
- of mud; of clay
- dirty
- corrupt
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | luteus | lutea | luteum | luteī | luteae | lutea | |
| Genitive | luteī | luteae | luteī | luteōrum | luteārum | luteōrum | |
| Dative | luteō | luteō | luteīs | ||||
| Accusative | luteum | luteam | luteum | luteōs | luteās | lutea | |
| Ablative | luteō | luteā | luteō | luteīs | |||
| Vocative | lutee | lutea | luteum | luteī | luteae | lutea | |
Descendants
- Galician: louza (or rather from lautus)
- Portuguese: louça (or rather from lautus)
- Spanish: loza (or rather from lautus)
References
- “luteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “luteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- luteus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- luteus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette