furvus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *dʰus-wó-s, from *dʰwes- + *-wós (whence Proto-Italic *-wos > Latin -vus), same source as fuscus, Old English dosen (“dark brown”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfʊr.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfur.vus] === Adjective === furvus (feminine furva, neuter furvum); first/second-declension adjective swart Synonyms: āter, niger ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== ⇒? Vulgar Latin: *burius Italian: buio ==== See also ==== === References === “furvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “furvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “furvus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.