versicolor

== Latin == === Alternative forms === versicolōrus, versicolōrius (Post-Classical collateral form) === Etymology === From versō (“turn”) + color (“colour”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛrˈsɪ.kɔ.ɫɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [verˈsiː.ko.lor] === Adjective === versicolor (genitive versicolōris); third-declension one-termination adjective particoloured; of various colours; that changes its colour ==== Declension ==== Third-declension one-termination adjective. ==== Quotations ==== Propertius. In: Propertius with an English translation by H. E. Butler, 1916, p. 198f.: sed Chio thalamo aut Oricia terebintho et fultum pluma versicolore caput. his rather to lie in a chamber of Chian marble or on a couch of Orician terebinth, his head propped on down of rainbow hues. Publius Ovidius Naso, Fasti. In: Ovid's Fasti with an English translation by Sir James George Frazer, 1959, p. 286f.: cur tamen, ut dantur vestes Cerialibus albae, sic haec est cultu versicolore decens ? But why is it that whereas white robes are given out at the festival of Ceres, Flora is neatly clad in attire of many colours ? ==== Derived terms ==== versicolōria ==== Descendants ==== Italian: versicolore === References === “versicolor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “versicolor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “versicolor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.