English → Latin
“blue” in Latin
caeruleusOf or connected with the sky, celestialcȳaneussynonym of caeruleus: deep or dark blue (colour)caesiusblue, gray, occasionally green; blue-eyed; customary translation of γλαυκῶπις (glaukôpis); as well as denoting the assocglaucusa bluish-grey colored fish of uncertain identity, perhaps the derbioviolāceusviolet (coloured)purpureuspurple, including reddish, violet, and brownish; clothed in purple; brilliant, shining, beautifulianthinusviolet (coloured)amethystinusof the color of amethyst, amethyst green; set or adorned with amethystlīvidusleaden, bluish, blue; black and blue, livid; making livid, that is deadlycaeruleātusdark-colored, dark blue, sky-blue
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
blue
caeruleus, subcaeruleus (somewhat blue), cyaneus, cumutilis (all mean water-blue; dyed or dressed so, caeruleatus): caesius (blue gray, sky-blue): glaucus (sea-green, gray-blue, like cat’s eyes): violaceus, purpureus, ianthinus, amethystinus; lividus (black-blue, black and blue). Blue eyes, oculi caerulei, caesii, glauci. Having such, caeruleus, etc. Dark-blue, violaceus, purpureus. Light-blue, subcaeruleus. To become black and blue, livescere: to be so, livere.
blue s.
caeruleus, etc., color; caeruleum (as a coloring material).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for blue?
- The usual Latin words for “blue” are caeruleus, cȳaneus, caesius; also glaucus, violāceus, purpureus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.