helvus

Latin
FWOTD – 1 September 2013

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *heliwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-i-wó-s (“yellow, green”), from *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”) +‎ -i- +‎ *-wós. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *gelwaz (“yellow”), Lithuanian žel̃vas (“greenish”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

helvus (feminine helva, neuter helvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. honey-yellow
    • 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 3.2:
      Sunt et Helvolae, quās nōn nūllī variās appellant, neque purpureae neque nigrae, ab helvō, nisi fallor, colōre vocitātae.
      There are also the Helvolans, which some call variae. They are neither purple nor black; from their honey-yellow colour they get their name, if I'm not wrong.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative helvus helva helvum helvī helvae helva
Genitive helvī helvae helvī helvōrum helvārum helvōrum
Dative helvō helvō helvīs
Accusative helvum helvam helvum helvōs helvās helva
Ablative helvō helvā helvō helvīs
Vocative helve helva helvum helvī helvae helva

Synonyms

Derived terms

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
  • “helvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • helvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 282
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