cinereus
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɪˈnɛ.re.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃiˈnɛː.re.us]
Adjective
cinereus (feminine cinerea, neuter cinereum); first/second-declension adjective
- ashen, like ashes
- ash-colored, gray
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | cinereus | cinerea | cinereum | cinereī | cinereae | cinerea | |
| genitive | cinereī | cinereae | cinereī | cinereōrum | cinereārum | cinereōrum | |
| dative | cinereō | cinereae | cinereō | cinereīs | |||
| accusative | cinereum | cineream | cinereum | cinereōs | cinereās | cinerea | |
| ablative | cinereō | cinereā | cinereō | cinereīs | |||
| vocative | cineree | cinerea | cinereum | cinereī | cinereae | cinerea | |
Synonyms
- (like ashes): cinerāceus, cinericius
Related terms
- cinefactus
- cinerāceus
- cinerārius
- cinerēscō
- cinericius
- cinerōsus
- cinis
- concinerātus
- dēcinerātus
- dēcinerēscō
- succinericius
Descendants
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, rubēns, 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, aurātilis 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
- “cinereus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cinereus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.