balaustinus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Semiticbor.

Ancient Greek βαλαύστιον (balaústion)bor.

Latin balaustium

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin balaustīnus

From balaustium (“pomegranate-flower”) + -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ba.ɫau̯sˈtiː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ba.lau̯sˈtiː.nus]

Adjective

balaustīnus (feminine balaustīna, neuter balaustīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) having a colour like the flower of the pomegranate or perhaps indigo
   • 1680, Franciszek à Mesgnien Meninski, “balaustinus”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1] (in Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Latin, German, Italian, French, and Polish), Vienna, column 1687:

     چوید & چود
     .ćiwid t. Indicum, balaustinus color. Indig. Indaco, Indico. Inde, couleur. Indych, gránátowa farbá

     Indigo, balaustine color.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	balaustīnus	balaustīna	balaustīnum		balaustīnī	balaustīnae	balaustīna
genitive	balaustīnī	balaustīnae	balaustīnī		balaustīnōrum	balaustīnārum	balaustīnōrum
dative	balaustīnō	balaustīnae	balaustīnō		balaustīnīs
accusative	balaustīnum	balaustīnam	balaustīnum		balaustīnōs	balaustīnās	balaustīna
ablative	balaustīnō	balaustīnā	balaustīnō		balaustīnīs
vocative	balaustīne	balaustīna	balaustīnum		balaustīnī	balaustīnae	balaustīna

Descendants

• → English: balaustine

See also

Colors in Classical and Old Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic)	pullus, fuscus, aquilus, mūrīnus (of livestock)	āter, niger, furvus, piceus (poetic)
rūfus, russus, ruber, flammeus (poetic), rōbus (of oxen), burrus; pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic)	rutilus, fulvus (poetic), rāvus (of eyes), aureus (poetic), croceus (poetic); rūbidus, niger (of eyes), badius (of horses)	lūteus, flāvus, lūridus, pallidus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic)
viridis, flāvus (poetic)	viridis, herbeus, fulvus (poetic)	viridis, glaucus, caeruleus (poetic, only dark)
	glaucus, caesius (of eyes)	caeruleus, līvidus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus
violāceus	purpureus (underlying shade)	roseus