blavus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • blaveus, blavius, bloius, blavineus

Etymology

Borrowed from a descendant of Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue”). First attested in Isidore of Seville.

Adjective

blavus (feminine blava, neuter blavum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

  1. blue

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative blavus blava blavum blavī blavae blava
Genitive blavī blavae blavī blavōrum blavārum blavōrum
Dative blavō blavō blavīs
Accusative blavum blavam blavum blavōs blavās blava
Ablative blavō blavā blavō blavīs
Vocative blave blava blavum blavī blavae blava

Descendants

See also
Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References
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