LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

suffuscus

suffuscus (feminine suffusca, neuter suffuscum)
Classical[sʊfˈfʊs.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[sufˈfus.kus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivebrownish, darkish, or off-colour

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesuffuscus
subfuscus
suffusca
subfusca
suffuscum
subfuscum
genitivesuffuscī
subfuscī
suffuscae
subfuscae
suffuscī
subfuscī
dativesuffuscō
subfuscō
suffuscae
subfuscae
suffuscō
subfuscō
accusativesuffuscum
subfuscum
suffuscam
subfuscam
suffuscum
subfuscum
ablativesuffuscō
subfuscō
suffuscā
subfuscā
suffuscō
subfuscō
vocativesuffusce
subfusce
suffusca
subfusca
suffuscum
subfuscum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesuffuscī
subfuscī
suffuscae
subfuscae
suffusca
subfusca
genitivesuffuscōrum
subfuscōrum
suffuscārum
subfuscārum
suffuscōrum
subfuscōrum
dativesuffuscīs
subfuscīs
suffuscīs
subfuscīs
suffuscīs
subfuscīs
accusativesuffuscōs
subfuscōs
suffuscās
subfuscās
suffusca
subfusca
ablativesuffuscīs
subfuscīs
suffuscīs
subfuscīs
suffuscīs
subfuscīs
vocativesuffuscī
subfuscī
suffuscae
subfuscae
suffusca
subfusca

suf-fuscus (subf-), a, um, adj.,
I. somewhat brown, brownish, dusky: margarita, Tac. Agr. 12 fin.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsuffuscus

Latin sub- Latin fuscus Latin suffuscus From sub- + fuscus (“dark, black”).

In English words that came into English from suffuscus

  • subfuscsubfuscus
  • subfuscoussubfuscus

Quick answers

What does suffuscus mean in Latin?
suffuscus, a adjective, means “brownish, darkish, or off-colour”.
How do you pronounce suffuscus?
In classical Latin, [sʊfˈfʊs.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [sufˈfus.kus].
Where does suffuscus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin suffuscus.