adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
grāmineus
grāmineus (feminine grāminea, neuter grāmineum)
Classical[ɡraːˈmɪ.ne.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ɡraˈmiː.ne.us]
Meaning
- adjectivegrassy
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | grāmineus | grāminea | grāmineum |
| genitive | grāmineī | grāmineae | grāmineī |
| dative | grāmineō | grāmineae | grāmineō |
| accusative | grāmineum | grāmineam | grāmineum |
| ablative | grāmineō | grāmineā | grāmineō |
| vocative | grāminee | grāminea | grāmineum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | grāmineī | grāmineae | grāminea |
| genitive | grāmineōrum | grāmineārum | grāmineōrum |
| dative | grāmineīs | grāmineīs | grāmineīs |
| accusative | grāmineōs | grāmineās | grāminea |
| ablative | grāmineīs | grāmineīs | grāmineīs |
| vocative | grāmineī | grāmineae | grāminea |
grāmĭnĕus, a, um, adj. gramen,
I. of grass, covered with grass, grassy.
I. In gen.:
campus, Verg. A. 5, 287: palaestrae, id. ib. 6, 642: sedile, id. ib. 8, 176: arae, id. ib. 12, 119: corona obsidionalis, a grass crown presented by those who were delivered from a siege to their deliverer, among the Romans the highest mark of military honor, Liv. 7, 37, 2; cf. Plin. 22, 3, 4, § 6; Gell. 5, 6, 8; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 309.—II. In partic., of Indian reed, bamboo:
hasta (Minervae), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 125.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
grāmineus adj.
gramen, of grass, covered with grass, grassy : campus, V.: sedile, V.: corona, L.: hastae, i. e. of bamboo .
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin grāmineus From grāmen + -eus.
Descendants
- Italiangramigna
- Englishgramineous
- Portuguesegramíneo
- Spanishgramíneo
- Catalangramínies
- Siciliangramigna
- Siciliangraminja
- Venetangramegna
In English words that came into English from grāmineus
- gramineousgrāmineus