fulvus
Εἰ μὲν ἐπ' ἀμφοτέροισιν, Ἔρως, ἴσα τόξα τιταίνεις, εἶ θεός (Rufinus, Greek Anthology 5.97) → If, Eros, you're stretching your bow at both equally, then you're a god.
Latin > English
fulvus fulva, fulvum ADJ :: tawny, reddish yellow; yellow
Latin > English (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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fulvus,¹⁰ a, um, jaunâtre, fauve, d’or [définition Gell. 2, 26, 8 ] : Lucr. 5, 902 ; Virg. En. 7, 279 ; 11, 642 || fulvum, ī, n., couleur fauve : Sol. 17, 5 || -vior C. Aur. Acut. 2, 27, 144.
Latin > German (Georges)
fulvus, a, um (verwandt m. flavus) = ξανθός (Gloss.), rotgelb, dunkelgelb, braungelb (dunkler als flavus), v. Löwen, Wölfen, v. Sande, Golde, Verg.: cera, Plin.: sidera, Tibull.: nubes, Verg.: caesaries, Verg.: comae, Ov.: aquila od. ales Iovis (wegen seiner gelblichen Augen), Verg.: Compar., sputa fulviora vel spumosiora, Cael. Aur. de morb. acut. 2, 27, 144. – subst., fulvum, ī, n., das Rotgelb usw., Solin. 17, 5.
Latin > Chinese
fulvus, a, um. adj. :: 紅黃者
