LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

glaucus1

glaucus m (genitive glaucī)
Classical[ˈɡɫau̯.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɡlaːu̯.kus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. masculinea bluish-grey colored fish of uncertain identity, perhaps the derbio

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

colōre maris et foliōrum oleae: inter caeruleum et viridem.
glaucus -a -um — in Mille Verba, Colōrēs

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeglaucusglaucī
genitiveglaucīglaucōrum
dativeglaucōglaucīs
accusativeglaucumglaucōs
ablativeglaucōglaucīs
vocativeglauceglaucī

Glaucus, i, m., = Γλαῦκος,
I. a Greek proper name.
I. A son of Sisyphus, devoured by his own horses, Verg. G. 3, 267.—
II. The commander of the Lycians in the Trojan war, a friend of Diomede, Hor. S. 1, 7, 17.—
III. A fisherman of Anthedon, in Eubœa, who was changed into a sea-god, Ov. M. 13, 906 sq.; 14, 9; 38; 68; 7, 233: Glauci chorus, the Nereids, Verg. A. 5, 823; Stat. Th. 7, 335.

Origins

From Ancient Greek γλαῦκος (glaûkos, “an edible grey fish”).

adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
glaucus2
glaucus (feminine glauca, neuter glaucum)
Classical[ˈɡɫau̯.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɡlaːu̯.kus]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. adjectiveshining
  2. adjectiveblue, green like aquamarine, often associated with silvery-green or dark green foliage, waters, sea and darkness (according to a gloss by Placidus, it describes the sea when it is whitened with currents)
    Deinde ab iugulō pectus glaucō pampinō obnexae obtegunt.Then they cover their breasts from the neck down with the blue vine.c. 140 BCE – 104 BCE, Accius, Tragoediae Bacchae.15
    glaucā cānentia fronde salictaWillow groves, hoary with their blue foliage.c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 2.13
  3. adjectiveraresynonym of caesius
  4. adjectiveblue-black
    Honestī [equi] / spādīces glaucīque, color dēterrimus albīs / et gilvō.Good [horses] are red and blue. The worst coat have the white horses and the dun horsec. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 3.80–82 (NB: this passage in context promotes farmer values and was against contemporary urban trends like valorizing shining white horses used in triumphs.)
    Glaucus color est ferrūgineus subniger.'Glaucus' is a dark [blue], almost black color.c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae XIX.XXVIII.7
  5. adjectiveafflicted with an eye disease that prevents seeing

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeglaucusglaucaglaucum
genitiveglaucīglaucaeglaucī
dativeglaucōglaucaeglaucō
accusativeglaucumglaucamglaucum
ablativeglaucōglaucāglaucō
vocativeglauceglaucaglaucum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeglaucīglaucaeglauca
genitiveglaucōrumglaucārumglaucōrum
dativeglaucīsglaucīsglaucīs
accusativeglaucōsglaucāsglauca
ablativeglaucīsglaucīsglaucīs
vocativeglaucīglaucaeglauca

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

glaucus adj.
, γλαυκός, bright, sparkling, gleaming, grayish: amictus, V.: lumen (oculorum), V.: ulva, V.: equus, V.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós).

Descendants
  • Catalanglauc
  • Englishglaucous
  • Frenchglauque
  • Romanianglaucfrom French glauque
  • Italianglauco
  • Portugueseglauco
  • Spanishglauco
proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Glaucus3
Glaucus m sg (genitive Glaucī)
Classical[ˈɡɫau̯.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɡlaːu̯.kus]

Meaning

  1. GreekmasculinesingularThe name of several figures of the Greek mythology
  2. masculinesingularThe name of several rivers of Asia Minor

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeGlaucus—
genitiveGlaucī—
dativeGlaucō—
accusativeGlaucum—
ablativeGlaucō—
vocativeGlauce—

Origins

From Ancient Greek Γλαῦκος (Glaûkos).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyGlaucusGlaucus. 7. Of Anthedon in Boeotia, a fisherman, who had the good luck to eat a part of the divine herb which Cronos had sown, and which made Glaucus …GeographyGlaucusGlaucus (Γλαῦκος). There are no less than four rivers of this name in Asia Minor: 1. A tributary of the Phasis in Colchis, now called Tchorocsou. (Str…

Quick answers

What does glaucus mean in Latin?
glaucus, a noun, means “a bluish-grey colored fish of uncertain identity, perhaps the derbio”.
What is the genitive of glaucus?
The genitive singular is glaucī. glaucus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce glaucus?
In classical Latin, [ˈɡɫau̯.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɡlaːu̯.kus].