ferrugineum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ferrugineus, ferruginea, ferrugineum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
of the color of iron-rust, somber;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.)
Examples
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...ferrugineam, et scutulam ob oculos laneam, palliolum habeas ferrugineum (nam is colos thalassicust), id conexum in umero laevo..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uirga. tum steriles luci possessaque manibus arua et ferrugineum nemus astupet, ipsaque Tellus miratur patuisse retro, nec liuida..."