herbeus

Latin

Etymology

herba (“grass”) +‎ -eus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛr.be.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛr.be.us]

Adjective

herbeus (feminine herbea, neuter herbeum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) grass
2. (of eyes) green, hazel

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	herbeus	herbea	herbeum		herbeī	herbeae	herbea
genitive	herbeī	herbeae	herbeī		herbeōrum	herbeārum	herbeōrum
dative	herbeō	herbeae	herbeō		herbeīs
accusative	herbeum	herbeam	herbeum		herbeōs	herbeās	herbea
ablative	herbeō	herbeā	herbeō		herbeīs
vocative	herbee	herbea	herbeum		herbeī	herbeae	herbea

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

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

References

• “herbeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "herbeus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “herbeus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.