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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From versō (“turn”) + color (“colour”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
versicolor (genitive versicolōris); third-declension one-termination adjective
- particoloured; of various colours; that changes its colour
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Quotations
- Propertius. In: Propertius with an English translation by H. E. Butler, 1916, p. 198f.:
- sed Chio thalamo aut Oricia terebintho
et fultum pluma versicolore caput.
- his rather to lie in a chamber of Chian marble or on a couch of Orician terebinth, his head propped on down of rainbow hues.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Fasti. In: Ovid's Fasti with an English translation by Sir James George Frazer, 1959, p. 286f.:
- cur tamen, ut dantur vestes Cerialibus albae,
sic haec est cultu versicolore decens ?
- But why is it that whereas white robes are given out at the festival of Ceres, Flora is neatly clad in attire of many colours ?
Derived terms
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References
- “versicolor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “versicolor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- versicolor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.