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Latin
Etymology
carō (“flesh”) + -eus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
carneus (feminine carnea, neuter carneum); first/second-declension adjective
- carnal (of the body, rather than the spirit)
- flesh-colored
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
- → Catalan: carni (learned)
References
- “carneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- carneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “carneus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “carneus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers