ianthinus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἰάνθινος (iánthinos).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ianthinus (feminine ianthina, neuter ianthinum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. violet (coloured)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ianthinus ianthina ianthinum ianthinī ianthinae ianthina
Genitive ianthinī ianthinae ianthinī ianthinōrum ianthinārum ianthinōrum
Dative ianthinō ianthinō ianthinīs
Accusative ianthinum ianthinam ianthinum ianthinōs ianthinās ianthina
Ablative ianthinō ianthinā ianthinō ianthinīs
Vocative ianthine ianthina ianthinum ianthinī ianthinae ianthina

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

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