versicolor

versicolor

Latin

Alternative forms

• versicolōrus, versicolōrius (Post-Classical collateral form)

Etymology

From versō (“turn”) + color (“colour”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /werˈsi.ko.lor/, [wɛrˈsɪ.kɔ.ɫɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /verˈsi.ko.lor/, [verˈsiː.ko.lor]

Adjective

versicolor (genitive versicolōris); third declension

1. particoloured; of various colours; that changes its colour

Inflection

Third declension.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	versicolor	versicolor		versicolōrēs	versicolōria
Genitive	versicolōris	versicolōris		versicolōrium	versicolōrium
Dative	versicolōrī	versicolōrī		versicolōribus	versicolōribus
Accusative	versicolōrem	versicolor		versicolōrēs	versicolōria
Ablative	versicolōre, versicolōrī	versicolōre, versicolōrī		versicolōribus	versicolōribus
Vocative	versicolor	versicolor		versicolōrēs	versicolōria

Derived terms

• versicolōria

Descendants

• Italian: versicolore

Citations

• Propertius. In: Propertius with an English translation by H. E. Butler, 1916, p. 198f.:

  sed Chio thalamo aut Oricia terebintho
  et fultum pluma versicolore caput.

  his rather to lie in a chamber of Chian marble or on a couch of Orician terebinth, his head propped on down of rainbow hues.

• Publius Ovidius Naso, Fasti. In: Ovid's Fasti with an English translation by Sir James George Frazer, 1959, p. 286f.:

  cur tamen, ut dantur vestes Cerialibus albae,
  sic haec est cultu versicolore decens ?

  But why is it that whereas white robes are given out at the festival of Ceres, Flora is neatly clad in attire of many colours ?

References

• versicolor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• versicolor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• versicolor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette