blavus
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from a descendant of Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”). First attested in Isidore of Seville.
Adjective
blavus (feminine blava, neuter blavum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | blavus | blava | blavum | blavī | blavae | blava | |
| genitive | blavī | blavae | blavī | blavōrum | blavārum | blavōrum | |
| dative | blavō | blavae | blavō | blavīs | |||
| accusative | blavum | blavam | blavum | blavōs | blavās | blava | |
| ablative | blavō | blavā | blavō | blavīs | |||
| vocative | blave | blava | blavum | blavī | blavae | blava | |
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: biavo (dialectal, obsolete)
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
See also
| 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
- blavus 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)