balaustinus

Latin

Etymology

balaustium (“pomegranate-flower”) +‎ -īnus

Pronunciation

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative balaustīnus balaustīna balaustīnum balaustīnī balaustīnae balaustīna
Genitive balaustīnī balaustīnae balaustīnī balaustīnōrum balaustīnārum balaustīnōrum
Dative balaustīnō 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 Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus
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