Latin

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Etymology

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Derived from the oblique stem niv- of nix (snow) +‎ -eus (-an, adjective-forming derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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niveus (feminine nivea, neuter niveum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) snow, snowy, snowclad, snow-covered
  2. snow-white
    • 86 - 103 C.E.Martial, Epigrammata, 5.43
      Thais habet nigros, niveos Laecania dentes
      Quae ratio est? Emptos haec habet, illa suos.
      Thais has black teeth, Laecania has snow-white.
      What's the reason? The latter has bought hers; the former has her own.

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative niveus nivea niveum niveī niveae nivea
genitive niveī niveae niveī niveōrum niveārum niveōrum
dative niveō niveae niveō niveīs
accusative niveum niveam niveum niveōs niveās nivea
ablative niveō niveā niveō niveīs
vocative nivee nivea niveum niveī niveae nivea
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Descendants

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  • English: niveous
  • Italian: niveo
  • Portuguese: níveo
  • Spanish: níveo

See also

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Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeusgrīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceusmurrinus, 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

References

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  • niveus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • niveus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • niveus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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