balaustinus
Latin
Etymology
balaustium (“pomegranate-flower”) + -īnus
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ba.lau̯sˈtiː.nus/, [ba.ɫ̪au̯sˈt̪iː.n̪ʊs]
Adjective
balaustīnus (feminine balaustīna, neuter balaustīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) having a colour like the flower of the pomegranate or perhaps indigo
- 1680, Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien, “balaustinus”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum (in Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Latin, German, Italian, French, and Polish), Vienna, column 1687:
- چوید & چود
.ćiwid t. Indicum, balaustinus color. Indig. Indaco, Indico. Inde, couleur. Indych, gránátowa farbá- Indigo, balaustine color
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | balaustīnus | balaustīna | balaustīnum | balaustīnī | balaustīnae | balaustīna | |
| Genitive | balaustīnī | balaustīnae | balaustīnī | balaustīnōrum | balaustīnārum | balaustīnōrum | |
| Dative | balaustīnō | balaustīnō | balaustīnīs | ||||
| Accusative | balaustīnum | balaustīnam | balaustīnum | balaustīnōs | balaustīnās | balaustīna | |
| Ablative | balaustīnō | balaustīnā | balaustīnō | balaustīnīs | |||
| Vocative | balaustīne | balaustīna | balaustīnum | balaustīnī | balaustīnae | balaustīna | |
Descendants
- → English: balaustine
See also
| Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| candidus, albus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus | rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinericeus, plumbeus, grīseus | āter, niger, piceus | ||
| pūniceus, murrhinus, rūfus, ruber, russus, rubrīcus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, auranteus, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx | gilvus, helvus, fulvus, flāvus, croceus, pallidus, lūteus, blondinus | ||
| galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus | ||
| cyaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus, blavus | glaucus; līvidus; venetus | ||
| violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpūreus, roseus, rosāceus | ||