ferrugineus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fer.ruːˈɡi.ne.us/, [fɛrːuːˈɡɪneʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fer.ruˈd͡ʒi.ne.us/, [ferːuˈd͡ʒiːneus]
Adjective[edit]
ferrūgineus (feminine ferrūginea, neuter ferrūgineum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of the colour of iron rust (ferric oxide), dark red, ferruginous.
- Of the taste of iron.
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ferrūgineus | ferrūginea | ferrūgineum | ferrūgineī | ferrūgineae | ferrūginea | |
| Genitive | ferrūgineī | ferrūgineae | ferrūgineī | ferrūgineōrum | ferrūgineārum | ferrūgineōrum | |
| Dative | ferrūgineō | ferrūgineō | ferrūgineīs | ||||
| Accusative | ferrūgineum | ferrūgineam | ferrūgineum | ferrūgineōs | ferrūgineās | ferrūginea | |
| Ablative | ferrūgineō | ferrūgineā | ferrūgineō | ferrūgineīs | |||
| Vocative | ferrūginee | ferrūginea | ferrūgineum | ferrūgineī | ferrūgineae | ferrūginea | |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: ferruginous
- Translingual: Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, Xyleborus ferrugineus
References[edit]
- “ferrugineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ferrugineus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ferrugineus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.