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fulvus

brown, sandy, gold-coloured

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Where it lives

Dirae, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 15.41/10k
Antoninus Pius 3 · 13.37/10k
Panegyricus de tertio consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 7.24/10k
Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
Carmina 13 · 5.8/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 4 · 5.74/10k
In Rufinum 3 · 5.24/10k
Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 4.57/10k
Metamorphoses 27 · 3.48/10k
Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
Psychomachia 2 · 3.33/10k
Pro Archia Poeta 1 · 3.21/10k

Densest 12 of 58 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. fulvus — de Vaan

fulvus 'brown, sandy, gold-coloured' [adj. o/a] (Enn.+) Pit. *fefolawoA PIE *dhe/olH-uo- 'yellow'? The theoretical preforms for fulvus were listed by Driessen 2005: V/d^g^/g^? + *~e/o- + *-IHVU-I*-IHU- + -os. Unless, of course, *-wo- (which is also found in other colour adjectives) was a recent addition. The often cited connection with Lith. geltas 'yellow' < PIE *ghelh3- is not possible, see s.v. helvus. Driessen … — [de Vaan, s.v. fulvus, p. 262]

2. fulvus — Lewis & Short

fulvus, a, um, adj.v. fulgeo,

I deep yellow, reddish yellow, gold-colored, tawny (mostly poet.): corpora leonum, Lucr. 5, 902; cf. Hor. C. 4, 4, 14: tegmen lupae, Verg. A. 1, 275: canis Lacon, Hor. Epod. 6, 5: cassis equinis jubis, Ov. M. 12, 88: boves, Plin. 22, 5, 5, § 9: vitulus, Hor. C. 4, 2, 60: caesaries, Verg. A. 11, 642: arena, id. ib. 12, 741: aurum, id. ib. 7, 279; cf.: subtemen (auri), Sil. 7, 80: cera, Plin. 21, 14, 49, § 83: color vini, id. 14, 9, 11, § 80: sidera, Tib. 2, 1, 88.—Hence, poet. transf.: Olympus, Val. Fl. 7, 158: lumen, Verg. A. 7, 76: nubes, id. ib. 12, 792 (but not in Lucr. 6, 461, where furva is the right reading): aquila, Verg. A. 11, 751; cf.: ales Jovis, id. ib. 12, 247: nuntia Jovis, Cic. poët. Leg. 1, 1, 2: virgae, i. e. withering stalks, Ov. M. 10, 191.—Hence, subst.: fulvum, i, n., reddish-yellow, Sol. 17, 5.

3. fulvus — Walde–Hofmann

fulvus, -a, -um „rotgelb, braungelb* (d& rüfó atque viridi mixtus Gell. 2, 26, 11 (opp. flaeus *& viridi et rüfó et albö concrétus']) (seit Enn., rom., ebenso -idus Itala; vgl. -aster Ps. Apul. und die EN. Fulvius (inschr. Folvius], -änus, -iaster): . wohl nach Weise BB. 2, 281, Schmidt Voc. II 353, Persson Wzerw, 20. 109. 173, Beitr. 31? aus *bhi-uos neben flävus aus *bhlä-uos (s. d.; vgl. z. B. fucum awrum Verg. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. fulvus, p. 593]

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. fulvus (scan pp. 262-263; entry #649). Root candidates: *ghelh3-, *dhelH-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. fuluus (scan pp. 112-113; entry #1580).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. fulvus (scan p. 593; entry #1184).

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