fuscus

Latin > English

fuscus fusca, fuscum ADJ :: dark, swarthy, dusky; husky; hoarse

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

fuscus: a, um, adj. for fur-scus; cf. furvus, v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 304,
I dark, swarthy, dusky, tawny (class.; cf.: pullus, niger): purpura plebeia ac paene fusca, Cic. Sest. 8, 19: cornix, id. poët. Div. 1, 8, 14: illi sint comites fusci, quos India torret, Tib. 2, 3, 55; cf. Andromede, Ov. H. 15, 36: Hydaspes, Hor. S. 2, 8, 14; also transf.: Syene, Mart. 9, 36, 7: nubila, Ov. M. 5, 286; cf.: alae noctis, Verg. A. 8, 369; and transf.: amictus (somni), Tib. 3, 4, 55: Falerna, Mart. 2, 40, 6.—Comp.: altera (fraxinus), brevis, durior fusciorque, Plin. 16, 13, 24, § 63: laterna, i. e. dark, Mart. 14, 62.—As denoting misfortune: fuscis avibus Larissam accessi, App. M. 2, 124.—
   B Transf., of the voice, indistinct, husky, hoarse (opp. candidus): et vocis genera permulta: candidum (al. canorum) fuscum, leve asperum, grave acutum, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146 Mos. and Orell. N. cr.; cf.: est (vox) et candida et fusca et plena et exilis, etc., Quint. 11, 3, 15; Plin. 28, 6, 16, § 58: hic etiam fusca illa vox, qualem, etc., Quint. 11, 3, 171 (for which Cic. Brut. 38, 141, subrauca).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) fuscus,¹² a, um, noir, sombre : purpura pæne fusca Cic. Sest. 19, pourpre presque noire, cf. Virg. En. 8, 369 || basané : Virg. B. 10, 38 ; Tib. 2, 3, 55 ; Prop. 2, 25, 42 || [fig., en parl. de la voix] sourd, creux, caverneux, de basse taille : Cic. Nat. 2, 146 ; Quint. 11, 3, 171 || -scior Plin. 16, 63.

Latin > German (Georges)

fuscus, a, um (vgl. furvus), dunkel der Farbe nach, dunkelbraun, schwarzgelb, schwärzlich, I) eig.: purpura, Cic.: cornix, Cic.: Andromede, Ov.: fuisse dicitur fusco colore, Suet.: Aurelia cute (an der Haut, vom Teint) fusca, Auson.: fuscior lanterna, dunkel, nicht durchsichtig, Mart.: fuscior fraxinus, Plin.: fusciores orbes, Lact.: alius procerior, alius fuscior, alius flavior, Boëth. – nox fuscis tellurem amplectitur alis, Verg.: fuscis avibus, zur unglücklichen Stunde, Apul. – subst., mollia ne duris coëant, ne candida fuscis, Calp. ecl. 5, 71. – II) übtr.: a) dem Tone nach dunkel = dumpf (Ggstz. candidus, canorus), genus vocis, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 146. Plin. 28, 58. Quint. 11, 3, 15: vox exigua et fusca, Suet. Ner. 20, 1. – b) moralisch schmutzig, heikel, esse curae levioris fusciorisque, Apul. de mund. 25 extr.

Latin > Chinese

fuscus, a, um. adj. c. :: 棕色者。畧黑。 Fusca vox 不亮之聲。