flavus, flava, flavum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
yellow, golden, gold colored; flaxen, blond; golden-haired (Latham);
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | flavus | flavi |
| Gen. | flavi | flavorum |
| Dat. | flavo | — |
| Acc. | flavum | flavos |
| Voc. | flave | flavi |
| Abl. | flavo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | flava | flavae |
| Gen. | flavae | flavarum |
| Dat. | flavae | — |
| Acc. | flavam | flavas |
| Voc. | flava | flavae |
| Abl. | flava | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | flavum | flava |
| Gen. | flavi | flavorum |
| Dat. | flavo | — |
| Acc. | flavum | flava |
| Voc. | flavum | flava |
| Abl. | flavo | — |
Examples
- A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...dicta abs te Graeca sunt: "fulvus" enim et "flavus" et "rubidus" et "poeniceus" et "rutilus" et "luteus..." - G
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...praeligata inposuisset et tribuni plebis Epidius Marullus Caesetiusque Flavus coronae fasciam detrahi hominemque duci in vincula iussissent, dolens..." - G
De rhetoribus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...Curtius Rufus * L. Valerius Primanus * Verginius Flavus * L. Statius Ursulus * Statius Ursulus (al. Sursulus, al. Surculus) Tolosanus celeberrime..." - M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Afer de sura Manlio dixit, "satagere" ineptissimum: urbaneque Flavus Verginius interrogavit de quodam suo antisophiste quot milia passum..." 
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...prole Notus crinemque procellis hispidus et multa flavus caput Eurus harena. induxere hiemem raucoque ad litora tractu unanimi..."- P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...inter fluvio Tiberinus amoeno verticibus rapidis et multa flavus harena in mare prorumpit. variae circumque supraque adsuetae ripis..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...dicit se cognitum habere Brixia Cycneae supposita speculae, flavus quam molli praecurrit flumine Mella, Brixia Veronae mater amata..." - P
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ocior antemnas prensoque rudente relabi. hoc Libys, hoc flavus, prorae tutela, Melanthus, hoc probat Alcimedon et, qui requiemque..."