phoeniceus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • foenīceus, poenīceus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φοινῑ́κεος (phoinī́keos).

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

Adjective

phoenīceus (feminine phoenīcea, neuter phoenīceum); first/second declension

  1. purple-red

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative phoenīceus phoenīcea phoenīceum phoenīceī phoenīceae phoenīcea
Genitive phoenīceī phoenīceae phoenīceī phoenīceōrum phoenīceārum phoenīceōrum
Dative phoenīceō phoenīceae phoenīceō phoenīceīs phoenīceīs phoenīceīs
Accusative phoenīceum phoenīceam phoenīceum phoenīceōs phoenīceās phoenīcea
Ablative phoenīceō phoenīceā phoenīceō phoenīceīs phoenīceīs phoenīceīs
Vocative phoenīcee phoenīcea phoenīceum phoenīceī phoenīceae phoenīcea

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
  • phoeniceus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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