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Latin

Etymology

blatta (“clot of blood”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blatteus (feminine blattea, neuter blatteum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Purple-colored, purple

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative blatteus blattea blatteum blatteī blatteae blattea
genitive blatteī blatteae blatteī blatteōrum blatteārum blatteōrum
dative blatteō blatteae blatteō blatteīs
accusative blatteum blatteam blatteum blatteōs blatteās blattea
ablative blatteō blatteā blatteō blatteīs
vocative blattee blattea blatteum blatteī blatteae blattea

Derived terms

References

  • “blatteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • blatteus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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