caeruleus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Dissimilation of *caeluleus, derived from caelum (“sky, heaven”) +‎ -uleus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

caeruleus (feminine caerulea, neuter caeruleum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Having the color of the sky; blue or greenish-blue; cerulean, azure
    1. Dyed or colored blue
      1. (particularly) Colored with woad
    2. Used as an epithet of sea and river deities or things connected with them
    3. (of serpents) Glossy greenish-blue
    4. (of persons) Blue-eyed
    5. Dark-colored, dusky, gloomy
      1. (of clouds and shadows)
      2. (of things in or associated with the underworld)
    6. (as a proper name) A spring and aqueduct at Rome
  2. (rare) Of or connected with the sky, celestial

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
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
accusative caeruleum caeruleam caeruleum caeruleōs caeruleās caerulea
ablative caeruleō caeruleā caeruleō caeruleīs
vocative caerulee caerulea caeruleum caeruleī caeruleae caerulea

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

Further reading

  • “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.
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