Adjective: glaucus
Hyphenation:
Declension: First, Second
Nominative
| Singular masc. | glaucus |
| Singular fem. | glauca |
| Singular neut. | glaucum |
| Plural masc. | glaucī |
| Plural fem. | glaucae |
| Plural neut. | glauca |
Genitive
| Singular masc. | glaucī |
| Singular fem. | glaucae |
| Singular neut. | glaucī |
| Plural masc. | glaucōrum |
| Plural fem. | glaucārum |
| Plural neut. | glaucōrum |
Dative
| Singular masc. | glaucō |
| Singular fem. | glaucae |
| Singular neut. | glaucō |
| Plural masc. | glaucīs |
| Plural fem. | glaucīs |
| Plural neut. | glaucīs |
Accusative
| Singular masc. | glaucum |
| Singular fem. | glaucam |
| Singular neut. | glaucum |
| Plural masc. | glaucōs |
| Plural fem. | glaucās |
| Plural neut. | glauca |
Ablative
| Singular masc. | glaucō |
| Singular fem. | glaucā |
| Singular neut. | glaucō |
| Plural masc. | glaucīs |
| Plural fem. | glaucīs |
| Plural neut. | glaucīs |
Vocative
| Singular masc. | glauce |
| Singular fem. | glauca |
| Singular neut. | glaucum |
| Plural masc. | glaucī |
| Plural fem. | glaucae |
| Plural neut. | glauca |
Comparison
Sample Sentences
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Deinde ab iugulō pectus glaucō pampinō obnexae obtegunt. (Then they cover their breasts from the neck down with the blue vine.) [c. 140 BCE – 104 BCE, Accius, Tragoediae Bacchae.15]
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glaucā cānentia fronde salicta (Willow groves, hoary with their blue foliage.) [c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 2.13]
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Tandem trāns fluuium incolumīs uātemque uirumque / īnfōrmī līmō glaucāque expōnit in uluā. (At last, bringing them unharmed across the river, he [Charon] leaves the seeress and the man among the shapeless mud and the blue sedge.) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 6.415–416]
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Honestī [equi] / spādīces glaucīque, color dēterrimus albīs / et gilvō. (Good [horses] are red and blue. The worst coat have the white horses and the dun horse) [c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 3.80–82 (NB: this passage in context promotes farmer values and was against contemporary urban trends like valorizing shining white horses used in triumphs.)]
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Glaucus color est ferrūgineus subniger. ('Glaucus' is a dark [blue], almost black color.) [c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae XIX.XXVIII.7]
Adjectives inflected like glaucus
palmātus,
rēctangulus,
ursīnus,
palmōsus,
negātōrius,
Cimmerius,
fēlīnus,
deltoīdeus,
flūctifragus,
Colōnēus,
recordātīvus,
erēmīticus,
nūnciātōrius,
idōneus,
carcinophagus,
servus,
sentus,
imāginōsus,
chelīdonius,
foetulentus, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós).
Verbs referencing "glaucus"
English Adjectives
glaucous, Italian Adjectives
glauco, Portuguese Adjectives
glauco, Spanish Adjectives
glauco, French Adjectives
glauque, Catalan Adjectives
glauc.
Translations