LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

balaustīnus

balaustīnus (feminine balaustīna, neuter balaustīnum)
Classical[ba.ɫau̯sˈtiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ba.lau̯sˈtiː.nus]

Meaning

  1. New Latinadjectivehaving a colour like the flower of the pomegranate or perhaps indigo
    چوید & چود .ćiwid t. Indicum, balaustinus color. Indig. Indaco, Indico. Inde, couleur. Indych, gránátowa farbáIndigo, balaustine color.1680, Franciszek à Mesgnien Meninski, “balaustinus”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum (in Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Latin, German, Italian, French, and Polish), Vienna, column 1687:

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativebalaustīnusbalaustīnabalaustīnum
genitivebalaustīnībalaustīnaebalaustīnī
dativebalaustīnōbalaustīnaebalaustīnō
accusativebalaustīnumbalaustīnambalaustīnum
ablativebalaustīnōbalaustīnābalaustīnō
vocativebalaustīnebalaustīnabalaustīnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativebalaustīnībalaustīnaebalaustīna
genitivebalaustīnōrumbalaustīnārumbalaustīnōrum
dativebalaustīnīsbalaustīnīsbalaustīnīs
accusativebalaustīnōsbalaustīnāsbalaustīna
ablativebalaustīnīsbalaustīnīsbalaustīnīs
vocativebalaustīnībalaustīnaebalaustīna

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin balaustīnus From balaustium (“pomegranate-flower”) + -īnus.

Descendants
  • Englishbalaustine

In English words that came into English from balaustīnus

  • balaustinebalaustīnus

Quick answers

What does balaustīnus mean in Latin?
balaustīnus, a adjective, means “having a colour like the flower of the pomegranate or perhaps indigo”.
How do you pronounce balaustīnus?
In classical Latin, [ba.ɫau̯sˈtiː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ba.lau̯sˈtiː.nus].