violaceus

Latin

Etymology

From viola (“violet flower”) +‎ -āceus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /wi.oˈlaː.ke.us/, [wi.ɔˈɫaː.ke.ʊs]

Adjective

violāceus (feminine violācea, neuter violāceum); first/second declension

  1. violet (coloured)

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative violāceus violācea violāceum violāceī violāceae violācea
Genitive violāceī violāceae violāceī violāceōrum violāceārum violāceōrum
Dative violāceō violāceae violāceō violāceīs violāceīs violāceīs
Accusative violāceum violāceam violāceum violāceōs violāceās violācea
Ablative violāceō violāceā violāceō violāceīs violāceīs violāceīs
Vocative violācee violācea violāceum violāceī violāceae violācea

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
  • violaceus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • violaceus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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