ravus

Esperanto

Verb

ravus

1. conditional of ravi

Latin

Etymology

Probably a Germanic loanword, perhaps via South Picene or Sabellic/Osco-Umbrian, of non-IE origin, compare Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈraː.u̯us/, [ˈräːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈra.vus/, [ˈräːvus]

Adjective

rāvus (feminine rāva, neuter rāvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. tawny, gray

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	rāvus	rāva	rāvum		rāvī	rāvae	rāva
Genitive	rāvī	rāvae	rāvī		rāvōrum	rāvārum	rāvōrum
Dative	rāvō		rāvō		rāvīs
Accusative	rāvum	rāvam	rāvum		rāvōs	rāvās	rāva
Ablative	rāvō	rāvā	rāvō		rāvīs
Vocative	rāve	rāva	rāvum		rāvī	rāvae	rāva

Related terms

• grāvāstellus (“old man”)

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

• “ravus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ravus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ravus 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)
• ravus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.