gilvus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵilh₃wós, from *ǵeylh₃- (dialectal variant of *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”)) + *-wós (whence -vus). Compare helvus, fulvus, flāvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡil.u̯us/, [ˈɡɪɫ̪u̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒil.vus/, [ˈd͡ʒilvus]

Adjective

gilvus (feminine gilva, neuter gilvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. dun-colored, pale yellow (only used for horses)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gilvus	gilva	gilvum		gilvī	gilvae	gilva
Genitive	gilvī	gilvae	gilvī		gilvōrum	gilvārum	gilvōrum
Dative	gilvō		gilvō		gilvīs
Accusative	gilvum	gilvam	gilvum		gilvōs	gilvās	gilva
Ablative	gilvō	gilvā	gilvō		gilvīs
Vocative	gilve	gilva	gilvum		gilvī	gilvae	gilva

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

• “gilvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gilvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gilvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.