coruscus

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Latin

Etymology

From coruscō (“I shake, wave”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

coruscus (feminine corusca, neuter coruscum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. vibrating, waving, trembling, shaking
  2. flashing, twinkling

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative coruscus corusca coruscum coruscī coruscae corusca
genitive coruscī coruscae coruscī coruscōrum coruscārum coruscōrum
dative coruscō coruscae coruscō coruscīs
accusative coruscum coruscam coruscum coruscōs coruscās corusca
ablative coruscō coruscā coruscō coruscīs
vocative corusce corusca coruscum coruscī coruscae corusca

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Galician: corisco
  • Italian: corrusco

References

  • “coruscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “coruscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • coruscus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • coruscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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