azureus

== Latin == === Etymology === Ultimately from Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward, “lapis lazuli”), from Persian لاجورد (lâjvard, “lapis lazuli”) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [azˈzʊ.re.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [adˈd͡zuː.re.us] === Adjective === azureus (feminine azurea, neuter azureum); first/second-declension adjective (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Of a deep blue colour. ==== Usage notes ==== This adjective is most common as a specific epithet in botanical names. In plants, because real blue is so rare and the quality of the colour changes with time, colours which would otherwise be grouped as purple or violet are considered to be blue. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== taxonomic name: Hypothymis azurea === References === Dictionary of Botanical Epithets