russus
Latin
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). Compare Old East Slavic русъ (rusŭ) (< Proto-Slavic *rusъ < *rudsъ). See also ruber.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈrus.sus/
Adjective
russus (feminine russa, neuter russum); first/second declension
- (rare) red
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | 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 | russīs | russīs | |
| Accusative | russum | russam | russum | russōs | russās | russa | |
| Ablative | russō | russā | russō | russīs | russīs | russīs | |
| Vocative | russe | russa | russum | russī | russae | russa | |
Synonyms
- (red): ruber, rubeus
Derived terms
Derived terms
- russātus
- russescō
- russeus
- russulus
Descendants
- Aragonese: royo
- Aromanian: arosh
- Catalan: ros
- Old French: rous, ros
- English: roux, russet
- French: roux
- Friulian: ros
- Galician: roxo
- Greek: ρούσος (roúsos)
- Istriot: russo
- Italian: rosso
- Occitan: ros
- Portuguese: roxo, russo
- Romanian: roșu
- Sicilian: russu
- Spanish: rojo
- Venetian: róso
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