badius

== Latin == === Etymology === Superficially appears to be from late Proto-Indo-European *bodyos (“yellow, brown”) (though De Vaan rejects medial *-dy-, instead preferring *b⁽ʰ⁾odʰyos) with unrounding of *bo- to Latin *ba-, as it is clearly cognate to Old Irish buide (“yellow”) (from Proto-Celtic *bodyos). However, the word's limited distribution, difficult phonetics and absence of a known root source all render Proto-Indo-European origin unlikely. Rather there may be a borrowing relationship between Italic and Celtic or even a substrate source; ultimate origin unknown. The immediate source of badius may well be Gaulish *badios; compare Latin Baius. The semantic narrowing in Latin to a word for horses also favors the Celtic origin as a Kulturwort. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈba.di.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbaː.di.us] === Adjective === badius (feminine badia, neuter badium); first/second-declension adjective (usually of horses) reddish brown, chestnut colored, bay ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== Trifolium badium (brown clover) ==== Descendants ==== === See also === === References === === Further reading === “badius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "badius", 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) “badius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “badius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray