azurinus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Romance words such as Old French azur and Italian azzurro, ultimately borrowed from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward, “lapis lazuli”), dropping the l as if it were equivalent to the French article l'.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /az.zuˈriː.nus/, [äz̪d̪͡z̪ʊˈriːnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ad.d͡zuˈri.nus/, [äd̪ː͡z̪uˈriːnus]
Adjective
azurīnus (feminine azurīna, neuter azurīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- (Medieval Latin) Of blue colour.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | azurīnus | azurīna | azurīnum | azurīnī | azurīnae | azurīna | |
| Genitive | azurīnī | azurīnae | azurīnī | azurīnōrum | azurīnārum | azurīnōrum | |
| Dative | azurīnō | azurīnō | azurīnīs | ||||
| Accusative | azurīnum | azurīnam | azurīnum | azurīnōs | azurīnās | azurīna | |
| Ablative | azurīnō | azurīnā | azurīnō | azurīnīs | |||
| Vocative | azurīne | azurīna | azurīnum | azurīnī | azurīnae | azurīna | |
See also
| candidus, albus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus | rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | āter, niger, piceus |
| pūniceus, murrinus, rūfus, ruber, russus, rūbrīcus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, auranteus, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx | gilvus, helvus, fulvus, flāvus, croceus, pallidus, lūteus, blondinus (ML.) |
| galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
| cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), blavus (ML.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
| violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
References
- azurinus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016