pulleiaceus

Latin

Etymology

From pullus (“dusky”) +‎ -āceus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

pullēiāceus (feminine pullēiācea, neuter pullēiāceum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. black
    • c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum 87:
      Ponit assidue et pro stulto “baceolum” et pro pullo “pulleiaceum” et pro cerrito “vacerrosum” et “vapide” se habere pro male et “betizare” pro languere, quod vulgo “lachanizare” dicitur
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Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative pullēiāceus pullēiācea pullēiāceum pullēiāceī pullēiāceae pullēiācea
genitive pullēiāceī pullēiāceae pullēiāceī pullēiāceōrum pullēiāceārum pullēiāceōrum
dative pullēiāceō pullēiāceae pullēiāceō pullēiāceīs
accusative pullēiāceum pullēiāceam pullēiāceum pullēiāceōs pullēiāceās pullēiācea
ablative pullēiāceō pullēiāceā pullēiāceō pullēiāceīs
vocative pullēiācee pullēiācea pullēiāceum pullēiāceī pullēiāceae pullēiācea

References

  • “pulleiaceus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pulleiaceus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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