niveus

== Latin == === Etymology === Derived from the oblique stem niv- of nix (“snow”) +‎ -eus (“-an”, adjective-forming derivational suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɪ.we.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.ve.us] === Adjective === niveus (feminine nivea, neuter niveum); first/second-declension adjective (relational) snow, snowy, snowclad, snow-covered snow-white 86 - 103 C.E. — Martial, Epigrammata, 5.43 Thais habet nigros, niveos Laecania dentes Quae ratio est? Emptos haec habet, illa suos. Thais has black teeth, Laecania has snow-white. What's the reason? The latter has bought hers; the former has her own. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: niveous → Italian: niveo → Portuguese: níveo → Spanish: níveo === See also === === References === “niveus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “niveus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “niveus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.