LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

fūlīgō

fūlīgō f (genitive fūlīginis)
Classical[fuːˈliː.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[fuˈliː.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. soot, lampblack

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefūlīgōfūlīginēs
genitivefūlīginisfūlīginum
dativefūlīginīfūlīginibus
accusativefūlīginemfūlīginēs
ablativefūlīginefūlīginibus
vocativefūlīgōfūlīginēs

fūlīgo, ĭnis, f. cf. fumus; v. Fick, Vergl. Wörterb. p. 104,
I. soot.
I. Lit.: os oblitum fuligine, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 36: quasi fuligine abstersa, Cic. Phil. 2, 36, 91; Col. 11, 3, 60; Verg. E. 7, 50: lucubrationum bibenda, Quint. 11, 3, 23: (haerens) nigro fuligo Maroni, Juv. 7, 227.—
B. Transf., black paint (= stibium): supercilium madidā fuligine tactum, Juv. 2, 93.—*
II. Trop., paint: atra verborum et argutiarum fuligine ob oculos audientium jacta, Gell. 1, 2, 7.

Origins

From the Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂-li-s, from the root *dʰewh₂- (“to blow; wind, vapor, smoke”). Cognate with Lithuanian dūlis (“fog”). See also Latin furvus (“dark, swarthy”), fuscus (“dark, black”) and fūmus (“smoke”). For the terminal element, compare -īgō.

Descendants
  • Frenchfuligine
  • Italianfuliggine
  • Portuguesefuligem
  • Portuguesefeluge
  • Portuguesefluge
  • Romanianfuningine
  • Sardinianfoddine
  • Sardinianpuddini
  • Spanishhollín
  • Spanishfuligo

Quick answers

What does fūlīgō mean in Latin?
fūlīgō, a noun, means “soot, lampblack”.
What is the genitive of fūlīgō?
The genitive singular is fūlīginis. fūlīgō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce fūlīgō?
In classical Latin, [fuːˈliː.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [fuˈliː.ɡo].