griseus

Latin

Etymology

Germanic loanword found in Medieval Latin. See French gris and older Latin ravus.

Adjective

grīseus (feminine grīsea, neuter grīseum); first/second declension

  1. (New Latin) grey

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative grīseus grīsea grīseum grīseī grīseae grīsea
Genitive grīseī grīseae grīseī grīseōrum grīseārum grīseōrum
Dative grīseō grīseae grīseō grīseīs grīseīs grīseīs
Accusative grīseum grīseam grīseum grīseōs grīseās grīsea
Ablative grīseō grīseā grīseō grīseīs grīseīs grīseīs
Vocative grīsee grīsea grīseum grīseī grīseae grīsea

Derived terms

Descendants

See also
Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     candidus, albus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus      cānus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinericeus, plumbeus, grīseus      āter, niger, piceus
             pūniceus, murrhinus, rūfus, ruber, russus, rubrīcus, mulleus ; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, auranteus, aurantiacus ; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx              gilvus, helvus, fulvus, flāvus, croceus, pallidus, lūteus
             galbus, galbīnus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cyaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus              glaucus; līvidus; venetus, blaveus
             violāceus, ianthinus              purpureus, ostrīnus, ātropurpūreus, amethystīnus              roseus, rosāceus

References
  1. “grīs”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
  • griseus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • griseus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • griseus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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