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Colors in Latin

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In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary about ¨COLORS¨ in Latin

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Colors in Latin

In this lesson we will learn the adjectives of colors in Latin. Below is a list of colors in English their equivalents and pronunciation in Latin

Colors = Colores [ko'lo'res] in Latin

Colors	Colors in Latin	Pronunciation
Black	Ater, Niger	[a'ter],[ni'ger]
White	Albus, Candidus	[al'bus][kandi'dus]
Red	Ruber	[ru'ber]
Green	Viridis	[wi'ri'dis]
Yellow	Flavus	[fla'wus]
Blue	Caeruleus	[ke'ru'li'us]
Grey	Ravus	[ra'wus]
Silver	Argenteus	[ar'gen'te'us]
Gold	Aureus	[au're'us]
Pink	Roseus	[ru'se'us]
Brown	Brunneus, fuscus	[bru'ne'us] [fus'kus]

Latin	English
āter, ātra, ātrum	black (like a coal, not glossy); dark, gloomy
niger, nigra, nigrum	black (glossy); dark
albus, a, um	white (dead white, not shining)
candidus, a, um	white (shining, dazzling)
ruber, rubra, rubrum	red
rūfus, a, um	ruddy, red-haired
aurantius, a, um	orange
aureus, a, um	golden, gold
flāvus, a, um	yellow, blond/e-haired
lūteus, a, um	yellow
viridis, e	green
caeruleus, a, um	blue
purpureus, a, um	purple
roseus, a, um	pink, rose
fuscus, a, um	brown
cānus, a, um	gray, gray-haired

Colors in Latin and other languages

ENGLISH	LATIN	PRONUNCIATION IN ENGLISH	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
black  (mas)	niger	nih jehr	preto
black (fem)	nigra	nih grah	preta
black (mas pl)	nigri	nih grih	pretos
black (fem pl)	nigræ	nih grah ih	pretas
white (mas)	albus	ahl boos	branco
white (fem)	alba	ahl bah	branca
white (mas pl)	albi	ahl bih	brancos
white (fem pl)	albæ	ahl bah ih	brancas
red (mas)	ruber	roo behr	vermelho
red (fem)	rubra	rou brah	vermelha
red (mas pl)	rubri	rou brih	vermelhos
red (fem pl)	rubræ	rou brah ih	vermelhas
blue (mas)	cæruleus	keh rou leh oos	azul (mas)
blue (fem)	cærulea	keh rou leh ah	azul (fem)
blue (mas pl)	cærulei	keh rou leh ih	azuis (mas pl)
blue (fem pl)	cærulæ	keh rou lah ih	azuis (fem pl)
yellow (mas)	flavus	flah voos	amarelo
yellow (fem)	flava	flah vah	amarela
yellow (mas pl)	flavi	flah vih	amarelos
yellow (fem pl)	flavæ	flah vah ih	amarelas
green (mas)	viridis	vih rih dihs	verde (mas)
green (fem)	viridis	vih rih dihs	verde (fem)
green (mas pl)	virides	vih rih dehs	verdes (mas pl)
green (fem pl)	virides	vih rih dehs	verdes (fem pl)
brown (mas)	aquilus	ah kou ih loos	marron (mas)
brown (fem)	aquila	ah kou ih lah	marron (fem)
brown (mas pl)	aquili	ah kou ih lih	marrons (mas pl)
brown (fem pl)	aquilæ	ah kou ih lah ih	marrons (fem pl)

Sentences

Latin	English
Magistra in tabulā atrā scrībit.	The teacher writes on the blackboard.
capillus niger	black hair
fēmina capillīs nigrīs	a woman with black hair
Equī nigrī in agrīs viridibus currunt.	The black horses run in the green fields.
In ātrā nocte multōs colōrēs nōn vidēmus.	We do not see many colors in the black night.
Suntne avēs candidae aut nigrae?	Are the birds white or black?
Ovis est alba, nōn ātra.	The sheep is white, not black.
Nix est candida.	The snow is dazzling white.
Puella mālum rubrum edit.	The girl eats the red apple.
Avis est rubra.	The bird is red.
album ōvī	the white of an egg
album oculī	the white of the eye
Aqua est caerulea; caelum est caeruleum.	The water is blue; the sky is blue.
Canis Lūciae est fuscus.	Lucia’s dog is brown.
Barbarus est rūfus; senator est cānus; puella est flāva.	The barbarian is ruddy/red-haired; the senator is gray-haired; the girl is blonde.
In vīllā flāvā habitō.	I live in a yellow farmhouse.
Lūteum ovī	the yolk of an egg
Pāpiliō purpureus pulcher est.	The purple butterfly is pretty.
Ūva est purpurea; vīnum est purpureum.	The grape is purple; the wine is purple.
Prīmā lūce caelum est roseum.	At dawn (first light) the sky is pink.
Hortus viridis manet.	The garden remains green.
Virent ōva! Viret perna!!	Green Eggs and Ham

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