caeruleus
Latin
Alternative forms
- caerulus
Etymology
Dissimilation of *caeluleus, derived from caelum (“sky, heaven”) + -uleus (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kae̯ˈru.le.us/, [kae̯ˈrʊ.ɫe.ʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛˈru.le.us/, [t͡ʃɛˈruː.le.us]
Adjective
caeruleus (feminine caerulea, neuter caeruleum); first/second declension
- Of or pertaining to the sea.
- Of or pertaining to the sky.
- Of or pertaining to rivers or sea and river deities.
- dark colored, dark blue, dark green, cerulean, azure
- gloomy, sable, black
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | caeruleus | caerulea | caeruleum | caeruleī | caeruleae | caerulea | |
| Genitive | caeruleī | caeruleae | caeruleī | caeruleōrum | caeruleārum | caeruleōrum | |
| Dative | caeruleō | caeruleae | caeruleō | caeruleīs | caeruleīs | caeruleīs | |
| Accusative | caeruleum | caeruleam | caeruleum | caeruleōs | caeruleās | caerulea | |
| Ablative | caeruleō | caeruleā | caeruleō | caeruleīs | caeruleīs | caeruleīs | |
| Vocative | caerulee | caerulea | caeruleum | caeruleī | caeruleae | caerulea | |
Synonyms
- (of the sea): marīnus, maritimus
Derived terms
- caerulans
- caeruleātus
- caeruleum
Descendants
- → English: cerulean
- → Italian: ceruleo
- → Spanish: cerúleo
- → French: céruléen
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 | ||
| galbus, galbīnus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus | ||
| cyaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus | glaucus; līvidus; venetus, blaveus | ||
| violāceus, ianthinus | purpureus, ostrīnus, ātropurpūreus, amethystīnus | roseus, rosāceus | ||
References
- caeruleus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- caeruleus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caeruleus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette