cinereus

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Latin

Etymology

From cinis (“ashes”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cinereus (feminine cinerea, neuter cinereum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. ashen, like ashes
  2. ash-colored, gray

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cinereus cinerea cinereum cinereī cinereae cinerea
Genitive cinereī cinereae cinereī cinereōrum cinereārum cinereōrum
Dative cinereō cinereō cinereīs
Accusative cinereum cineream cinereum cinereōs cinereās cinerea
Ablative cinereō cinereā cinereō cinereīs
Vocative cineree cinerea cinereum cinereī cinereae cinerea

Synonyms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → English: cinereous
  • → Italian: cinereo
  • → Portuguese: cinéreo
  • → Spanish: cinéreo

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

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