russus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *roussos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). Compare Old East Slavic русъ (rusŭ) (< Proto-Slavic *rusъ < *rudsъ). See also ruber.

Pronunciation

Adjective

russus (feminine russa, neuter russum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (rare) red, reddish-brown

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative russus russa russum russī russae russa
Genitive russī russae russī russōrum russārum russōrum
Dative russō russō russīs
Accusative russum russam russum russōs russās russa
Ablative russō russā russō russīs
Vocative russe russa russum russī russae russa

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • russātus
  • russescō
  • russetum, russeta, rossetum
  • russeus
  • russulus

Descendants
  • Aragonese: royo
  • Aromanian: arosh, rosh
  • Old French: rous, ros
  • Friulian: ros
  • Greek: ρούσος (roúsos)
  • Istriot: russo
  • Dalmatian: ros
  • Padanian:
  • Italian: rosso
  • Old Occitan: ros
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: roxo
  • Romanian: roșu
  • Sicilian: russu
  • Old Spanish: roxo
  • Venetian: róso

See also
Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     candidus, albus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)      āter, niger, piceus
             pūniceus, murrinus, rūfus, ruber, russus, rūbrīcus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, auranteus, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx              gilvus, helvus, fulvus, flāvus, croceus, pallidus, lūteus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

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