adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
niveus
niveus (feminine nivea, neuter niveum)
Classical[ˈnɪ.we.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈniː.ve.us]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- adjectiverelationalsnow, snowy, snowclad, snow-covered
- adjectivesnow-white
Thais habet nigros, niveos Laecania dentes
Thais has black teeth, Laecania has snow-white. What's the reason? The latter has bought hers; the former has her own.86 CE – 103 CE, Martialis, Epigrammata 5.43
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
candidus ut nix.niveus -a -um — in Mille Verba, Colōrēs
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | niveus | nivea | niveum |
| genitive | niveī | niveae | niveī |
| dative | niveō | niveae | niveō |
| accusative | niveum | niveam | niveum |
| ablative | niveō | niveā | niveō |
| vocative | nivee | nivea | niveum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | niveī | niveae | nivea |
| genitive | niveōrum | niveārum | niveōrum |
| dative | niveīs | niveīs | niveīs |
| accusative | niveōs | niveās | nivea |
| ablative | niveīs | niveīs | niveīs |
| vocative | niveī | niveae | nivea |
nĭvĕus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. of or from snow, snowy, snow- (poet.)
I. Lit.:
aggeribus niveis informis, Verg. G. 3, 354: aqua, cooled with snow, Mart. 12, 17, 6; cf. id. 14, 104 and 117: mons, covered with snow, Cat. 64, 240.—II. Transf., snow-white, snowy (mostly poet.):
a similitudine sic: Corpore niveum candorem, aspectu igneum ardorem assequebatur, Auct. Her. 4, 33, 44: lacerti, Verg. A. 8, 387: lac, id. E. 2, 20: hanc si capite niveae agnae exorari judicas, Sen. Q. N. 2, 36: Briseis niveo colore, Hor. C. 2, 4, 3: vestis, Ov. M. 10, 432: candidior nivei folio, Galatea, ligustri, id. ib. 13, 789: dens, id. H. 18, 18: quā notam duxit niveus videri, Hor. C. 4, 2, 59: panis, Juv. 5, 70: flumen, clear, pellucid, Sen. Hippol. 504: undae, Mart. 7, 32, 11: tribuni, clothed in white togas, Calp. Ecl. 7, 29; so, Quirites, Juv. 10, 45.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
niveus adj.
nix, of snow, snowy, snow- : aggeres, V.— Snow-white, snowy : lac, V.: Briseis niveo colore, H.: dens, O.: Quirites, in white togas , Iu.
Origins
Derived from the oblique stem niv- of nix (“snow”) + -eus (“-an”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).
Descendants
- Catalannivi
- Englishniveous
- Italianniveo
- Portugueseníveo
- Spanishníveo