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fuscus

fuscus

Latin

Adjective

fuscus m ‎(feminine fusca, neuter fuscum); first/second declension

  1. dark, black
  2. (of the voice) husky, hoarse

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative fuscus fusca fuscum fuscī fuscae fusca
genitive fuscī fuscae fuscī fuscōrum fuscārum fuscōrum
dative fuscō fuscō fuscīs
accusative fuscum fuscam fuscum fuscōs fuscās fusca
ablative fuscō fuscā fuscō fuscīs
vocative fusce fusca fuscum fuscī fuscae fusca

Synonyms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Old French: fusque
  • Portuguese: fosco, fusco
  • Sicilian: fuscu
  • Spanish: hosco

References

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-, see also furvus, Old Irish donn ‎(“dark”), Sanskrit धूसर ‎(dhūsara, “dust-colored”)). More at dye, dust, dusk.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfus.kus/, [ˈfʊs.kʊs]

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