adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
rāvus
rāvus (feminine rāva, neuter rāvum)
Classical[ˈraː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈraː.vus]
Meaning
- adjectiveamber (color)
- adjectiveamber, light brown, hazel
Media eorum cornua fenestravit pupilla, cuius angustiae non sinunt vagari incertam aciem ac velut canali dirigunt obiterque incidentia facile declinant, aliis nigri, aliis ravi, aliis glauci coloris orbibus circumdatis, ut habili mixtura et accipiatur circumiecto candore lux et temperato repercussu non obstrepat.
The horny skin in the centre of the eye nature has furnished with the pupil as a window, the narrow opening of which does not allow the gaze to roam uncertain, but so to speak canalizes its direction, and easily averts objects that encounter it on the way; the pupil is surrounded with circles which with some people are coloured black, with others [amber] and with others blue, so that the light from the surrounding radiance both may be received in a suitable blend and having its reflexion moderated may not be jarring …77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 11.55
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rāvus | rāva | rāvum |
| genitive | rāvī | rāvae | rāvī |
| dative | rāvō | rāvae | rāvō |
| accusative | rāvum | rāvam | rāvum |
| ablative | rāvō | rāvā | rāvō |
| vocative | rāve | rāva | rāvum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rāvī | rāvae | rāva |
| genitive | rāvōrum | rāvārum | rāvōrum |
| dative | rāvīs | rāvīs | rāvīs |
| accusative | rāvōs | rāvās | rāva |
| ablative | rāvīs | rāvīs | rāvīs |
| vocative | rāvī | rāvae | rāva |
rāvus, a, um, adj. root ru-; Sanscr. aru-, to bellow; Lat. rudens, etc.; cf. raucus,
I. hoarse: rava vox rauca et parum liquida, proxime canum latratum sonans, Paul. ex Fest. p. 283 Müll. So in only a single (post-class.) example:
ciere ravos Cantus, Sid. Ep. 8, 11 in carm. fin.rāvus, a, um, adj. for hravus, ghrav-us; root in Sanscr. gar-an; Gr. γέρων, senex; cf.: γῆρας, γραῦς; O. H. Germ. grā; Engl. gray,
I. gray-yellow, gray, tawny (rare but class.): ravi coloris appellantur, qui sunt inter flavos et caesios, Paul. ex Fest. p. 272 Müll.. (mare illud) nobismet ipsis modo caeruleum videbatur, mane ravum, Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105 Goer. N. cr. (cited in Non. 164, 14):
fulix, id. poët. Div. 1, 8, 14 (al. cana): lupa, Hor. C. 3, 27, 3. Said severai times of the eyes, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4; 9, 3; cf.: orbes ravi coloris, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
rāvus adj.,
gray-yellow, gray, tawny: mare: lupa, H.
Origins
Probably a loanword via South Picene or Sabellic/Osco-Umbrian, of non-IE origin, compare Proto-Germanic *grēwaz.