gilvus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *ǵilh₃wós, from *ǵeylh₃- (dialectal variant of *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”)) + *-wós (whence -vus). Compare helvus, fulvus, flāvus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɪɫ.wʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒil.vus] === Adjective === gilvus (feminine gilva, neuter gilvum); first/second-declension adjective dun-colored, pale yellow (only used for horses) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: gilvo ==== See also ==== === References === “gilvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “gilvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “gilvus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.