"blancus" meaning in Latin

See blancus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Etymology tree Frankish *blankbor. Latin blancus Borrowed from Frankish *blank. Attested as an adjective from at least the 950s (writings of Leo of Naples) but also found earlier as the sobriquet of one Constantius Blancus, mentioned in a document from Ravenna dated to 893. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|frk:*blank|tree=1}} Etymology tree Frankish *blankbor. Latin blancus, {{bor+|la|frk|*blank}} Borrowed from Frankish *blank Head templates: {{la-adj|blancus}} blancus (feminine blanca, neuter blancum); first/second-declension adjective, {{tlb|la|EML.}} (Early Medieval Latin) Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|blancus}} Forms: blanca [feminine], blancum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], blancus [masculine, nominative, singular], blanca [feminine, nominative, singular], blancum [neuter, nominative, singular], blancī [masculine, nominative, plural], blancae [feminine, nominative, plural], blanca [neuter, nominative, plural], blancī [genitive, masculine, singular], blancae [feminine, genitive, singular], blancī [genitive, neuter, singular], blancōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], blancārum [feminine, genitive, plural], blancōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], blancō [dative, masculine, singular], blancae [dative, feminine, singular], blancō [dative, neuter, singular], blancīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], blancum [accusative, masculine, singular], blancam [accusative, feminine, singular], blancum [accusative, neuter, singular], blancōs [accusative, masculine, plural], blancās [accusative, feminine, plural], blanca [accusative, neuter, plural], blancō [ablative, masculine, singular], blancā [ablative, feminine, singular], blancō [ablative, neuter, singular], blancīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], blance [masculine, singular, vocative], blanca [feminine, singular, vocative], blancum [neuter, singular, vocative], blancī [masculine, plural, vocative], blancae [feminine, plural, vocative], blanca [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. white Wikipedia link: Leo of Naples, Ravenna Tags: Early, Medieval-Latin, adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Synonyms: albus

Inflected forms

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      ]
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      "form": "blanca",
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        "feminine",
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      "form": "blancī",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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    },
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      ]
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      "form": "blancārum",
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      ]
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      "form": "blancō",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "blancam",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "feminine",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "blancum",
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      "form": "blance",
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      ]
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