luteus

Latin

Etymology 1

From lūtum (“dyers' weed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.te.us/, [ˈɫ̪uːt̪eʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.te.us/, [ˈluːt̪eus]

Adjective

lūteus (feminine lūtea, neuter lūteum); first/second-declension adjective

1. saffron yellow
2. sallow

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	lūteus	lūtea	lūteum		lūteī	lūteae	lūtea
Genitive	lūteī	lūteae	lūteī		lūteōrum	lūteārum	lūteōrum
Dative	lūteō		lūteō		lūteīs
Accusative	lūteum	lūteam	lūteum		lūteōs	lūteās	lūtea
Ablative	lūteō	lūteā	lūteō		lūteīs
Vocative	lūtee	lūtea	lūteum		lūteī	lūteae	lūtea

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)	glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)	niger, āter, piceus, furvus
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius	rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)	flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
galbus, galbinus, lūridus	viridis	prasinus
cȳaneus	caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)	glaucus; līvidus; venetus
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)	ostrīnus, amethystīnus	purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

Etymology 2

From lutum (“mud, dirt, clay”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.te.us/, [ˈɫ̪ʊt̪eʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.te.us/, [ˈluːt̪eus]

Adjective

luteus (feminine lutea, neuter luteum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of mud; of clay
2. dirty
3. corrupt

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	luteus	lutea	luteum		luteī	luteae	lutea
Genitive	luteī	luteae	luteī		luteōrum	luteārum	luteōrum
Dative	luteō		luteō		luteīs
Accusative	luteum	luteam	luteum		luteōs	luteās	lutea
Ablative	luteō	luteā	luteō		luteīs
Vocative	lutee	lutea	luteum		luteī	luteae	lutea

Descendants

• Galician: louza (or rather from lautus)
• Portuguese: louça (or rather from lautus)
• Spanish: loza (or rather from lautus)
• → Albanian: llucë

References

• “luteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “luteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• luteus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• luteus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.