LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

ferrūgineus

ferrūgineus (feminine ferrūginea, neuter ferrūgineum)
Classical[fɛr.ruːˈɡɪ.ne.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[fer.ruˈd͡ʒiː.ne.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveOf a dark color unrelated to iron rust, dark blue, dark violet.
  2. adjectiverareOf the colour of iron rust.
  3. adjectiveOf the taste of iron.

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeferrūgineusferrūgineaferrūgineum
genitiveferrūgineīferrūgineaeferrūgineī
dativeferrūgineōferrūgineaeferrūgineō
accusativeferrūgineumferrūgineamferrūgineum
ablativeferrūgineōferrūgineāferrūgineō
vocativeferrūgineeferrūgineaferrūgineum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeferrūgineīferrūgineaeferrūginea
genitiveferrūgineōrumferrūgineārumferrūgineōrum
dativeferrūgineīsferrūgineīsferrūgineīs
accusativeferrūgineōsferrūgineāsferrūginea
ablativeferrūgineīsferrūgineīsferrūgineīs
vocativeferrūgineīferrūgineaeferrūginea

ferrūgĭnĕus (ferrūgĭnus, Lucr. 4, 76), a, um, adj. id..
I. Of color, of the color of iron-rust, dark-red, dusky, ferruginous: palliolum habeas ferrugineum, nam is colos thalassicust, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 43: vela lutea, russa, ferrugina, Lucr. 4, 76: cymba, Verg. A. 6, 303 (= κυανέη, for which: caerulea puppis, id. ib. 6, 410): hyacinthi, id. G. 4, 183: frons anguis, Stat. Th. 1, 600: nemus (inferorum), id. ib. 2, 13; cf.: amictus Plutonis, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 275.—
II. Of taste, like iron, ferruginous: sapor fontis, Plin. 31, 2, 8, § 12.

Origins

substratebor. Old Latin *fersom Latin ferrum Latin -ūgō Latin ferrūgō Latin -eus Latin ferrūgineus From ferrūgō + -eus.

Descendants
  • Catalanferruginós
  • Englishferruginous

In English words that came into English from ferrūgineus

  • ferruginousferrūgineus

Quick answers

What does ferrūgineus mean in Latin?
ferrūgineus, a adjective, means “Of a dark color unrelated to iron rust, dark blue, dark violet.; Of the colour of iron rust.; Of the taste of iron.”.
How do you pronounce ferrūgineus?
In classical Latin, [fɛr.ruːˈɡɪ.ne.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [fer.ruˈd͡ʒiː.ne.us].