What is the Latin word for dun?

The usual Latin words for “dun” are fuscus, suffuscus, fulvus; also luteus, rāvus, flāgitō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“dun” in Latin

fuscusswarthy, dusky, dark; husky, hoarse suffuscusbrownish, darkish, or off-colour fulvusglowing; bright brown, orange or golden in color, sometimes green luteusof mud; of clay; dirty; corrupt rāvusamber (color); amber, light brown, hazel flāgitōto demand, require; to entreat or solicit; to accuse pecūniamoney; wealth; cash, ready money, liquid wealth ipsehimself, herself, itself, the very, the actual; specific reference to the chief, the leader, the one, etc., used to dist

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

dun adj.

fuscus (dark, approaching to black; of the raven, the Indian complexion, etc.): subfuscus (darkish, blackish): fulvus (black yellow, or red-yellow; of lions, wolves, mastiffs, sea-sand, etc.): luteus (saffron- colored): ravus (grey-yellow). In the general sense of dark, gloomy, Vid :: ☞ furvus was an old and afterwards poetical expression for fuscus.

dun v.

pecuniam incommodo exigere (i. e., when it is not convenient to pay: ipse, cui debes, se incommodo exacturum negat, Cic., Brut., 4, 17): or the general terms, flagitare (with pecuniam expressed, unless it is sufficiently implied): debitorem admonere (weaker than flagitare): pecuniam, or (if there is a note of hand for it) syngrapham persequi.

dun s.

flagitator (Plaut., Cas., Prol., 24, and IMPROP. Cic., Brut., 5, 81: flagitatorem non illum quidem tibi molestum, sed assiduum tamen et acrem): admonitor non nimis verecundus (Cic., but IMPROP., though this implies that it could be used proprie). There is a dun at any body’s door, flagitator astat ad alicujus ostium (Plaut., Most., 3, 2, 81).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for dun?: The usual Latin words for “dun” are fuscus, suffuscus, fulvus; also luteus, rāvus, flāgitō. 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.