albus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *alβos, from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós. Cognates include Umbrian 𐌀𐌋𐌚𐌖 (alfu), Ancient Greek ἀλφός (alphós, “whiteness, white leprosy”), Hittite 𒀠𒉺𒀸 (alpas, “cloud”), Middle Welsh elbid (“world”), English elf, and Russian ле́бедь (lébedʹ, “swan”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɫ.bʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal.bus] === Adjective === albus (feminine alba, neuter album, comparative albior, superlative albissimus); first/second-declension adjective white (properly without luster), dull white p. 830, Nennius, Historia Brittonum, II: 42 duo vermes in eo sunt, unus albus et unus rufus "There are," said he, "two serpents, one white and the other red […] " clear, bright pale, fair, gray, hoary p. 1250, Thomas Aquinas, De ente et essentia […] et sic de ipsa aliquid praedicatur per accidens ratione eius, in quo est, sicut dicitur quod homo est albus, quia Socrates est albus, quamvis hoc non conveniat homini in eo quod homo. And thus something is accidentally asserted, that is, we say that man is white because Socrates is white, although this does not come about for men because [Socrates] is a man. (figuratively) favorable, fortunate, auspicious, propitious ==== Usage notes ==== Latin albus is used primarily to mean "white" that is dull or matte. The word candidus is used primarily for shining whiteness. However, this distinction is not always followed. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== (white): albidus, blancus (medieval), candidus, lacteolus (clear, bright): limpidus (pale, gray): cānus (favorable): bonus, favorābilis ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “dull white”): āter ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== === References === “albus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “albus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "albus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “albus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. albus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016