violaceus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯i.oˈlaː.ke.us/, [u̯iɔˈɫ̪äːkeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vi.oˈla.t͡ʃe.us/, [vioˈläːt͡ʃeus]

Adjective

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

1. violet (coloured)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	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
accusative	violāceum	violāceam	violāceum		violāceōs	violāceās	violācea
ablative	violāceō	violāceā	violāceō		violāceīs
vocative	violācee	violācea	violāceum		violāceī	violāceae	violācea

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

• “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.