versicolor
Latin
Alternative forms
- versicolōrus, versicolōrius (Post-Classical collateral form)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /werˈsi.ko.lor/, [wɛrˈsɪ.kɔ.ɫɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /verˈsi.ko.lor/, [verˈsiː.ko.lor]
Adjective
versicolor (genitive versicolōris); third declension
- particoloured; of various colours; that changes its colour
Inflection
Third declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | versicolor | versicolor | versicolōrēs | versicolōria | |
Genitive | versicolōris | versicolōris | versicolōrium | versicolōrium | |
Dative | versicolōrī | versicolōrī | versicolōribus | versicolōribus | |
Accusative | versicolōrem | versicolor | versicolōrēs | versicolōria | |
Ablative | versicolōre, versicolōrī | versicolōre, versicolōrī | versicolōribus | versicolōribus | |
Vocative | versicolor | versicolor | versicolōrēs | versicolōria |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Italian: versicolore
Citations
- Propertius. In: Propertius with an English translation by H. E. Butler, 1916, p. 198f.:
- sed Chio thalamo aut Oricia terebintho
et fultum pluma versicolore caput.- his rather to lie in a chamber of Chian marble or on a couch of Orician terebinth, his head propped on down of rainbow hues.
- sed Chio thalamo aut Oricia terebintho
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Fasti. In: Ovid's Fasti with an English translation by Sir James George Frazer, 1959, p. 286f.:
- cur tamen, ut dantur vestes Cerialibus albae,
sic haec est cultu versicolore decens ?- But why is it that whereas white robes are given out at the festival of Ceres, Flora is neatly clad in attire of many colours ?
- cur tamen, ut dantur vestes Cerialibus albae,
References
- versicolor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- versicolor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- versicolor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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