marmoreus

Latin

Etymology

marmor +‎ -eus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /marˈmo.re.us/, [märˈmɔreʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /marˈmo.re.us/, [märˈmɔːreus]

Adjective

marmoreus (feminine marmorea, neuter marmoreum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of, pertaining to, made or consisting of marble
2. resembling marble, marblelike
3. adorned with statues

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	marmoreus	marmorea	marmoreum		marmoreī	marmoreae	marmorea
genitive	marmoreī	marmoreae	marmoreī		marmoreōrum	marmoreārum	marmoreōrum
dative	marmoreō	marmoreae	marmoreō		marmoreīs
accusative	marmoreum	marmoream	marmoreum		marmoreōs	marmoreās	marmorea
ablative	marmoreō	marmoreā	marmoreō		marmoreīs
vocative	marmoree	marmorea	marmoreum		marmoreī	marmoreae	marmorea

Descendants

• → Catalan: marmori (learned)
• Italian: marmoreo
• Spanish: marmóreo

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

• “marmoreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “marmoreus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• marmoreus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• marmoreus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• marmoreus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016