furvus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰuswós, from *dʰewh₂- + *-wós (whence Latin -vus), same source as fuscus, Old English dosen (“dark brown”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfur.u̯us/, [ˈfʊru̯ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfur.vus/, [ˈfurvus]
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | furvus | furva | furvum | furvī | furvae | furva | |
| Genitive | furvī | furvae | furvī | furvōrum | furvārum | furvōrum | |
| Dative | furvō | furvō | furvīs | ||||
| Accusative | furvum | furvam | furvum | furvōs | furvās | furva | |
| Ablative | furvō | furvā | furvō | furvīs | |||
| Vocative | furve | furva | furvum | furvī | furvae | furva | |
Descendants
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *burius
- Italian: buio
References
- “furvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “furvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- furvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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