From Proto-Italic *heliwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-i-wó-s (“yellow, green”), from *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”) + -i- + *-wós. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *gelwaz (“yellow”), Lithuanian žel̃vas (“greenish”).
helvus (feminine helva, neuter helvum); first/second-declension adjective
First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | helvus | helva | helvum | helvī | helvae | helva | |
genitive | helvī | helvae | helvī | helvōrum | helvārum | helvōrum | |
dative | helvō | helvae | helvō | helvīs | |||
accusative | helvum | helvam | helvum | helvōs | helvās | helva | |
ablative | helvō | helvā | helvō | helvīs | |||
vocative | helve | helva | helvum | helvī | helvae | helva |
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 |