fulvus

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Latin

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥wós, from *bʰel- (“to shine”) +‎ *-wós (whence -vus). See fulgeō.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fulvus (feminine fulva, neuter fulvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. reddish-yellow, tawny, amber-coloured, fulvous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative fulvus fulva fulvum fulvī fulvae fulva
Genitive fulvī fulvae fulvī fulvōrum fulvārum fulvōrum
Dative fulvō fulvō fulvīs
Accusative fulvum fulvam fulvum fulvōs fulvās fulva
Ablative fulvō fulvā fulvō fulvīs
Vocative fulve fulva fulvum fulvī fulvae fulva

Related terms

Descendants

  • Italian: fulvo
  • Portuguese: fulo, fulvo
  • Spanish: fulvo
  • English: fulvous

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

  • “fulvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fulvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fulvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “fulvus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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