"fulvus" meaning in Latin

See fulvus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈfʊɫ.wʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈful.vus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From a Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥wós, from *bʰel- (“to shine”) + *-wós (whence -vus). See fulgeō. Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro||*bʰl̥wós}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥wós, {{af|ine-pro|*bʰel-|*-wós|nocat=1|pos2=whence <i class="Latn mention nowrap" lang="la">-vus</i>|t1=to shine}} *bʰel- (“to shine”) + *-wós (whence -vus) Head templates: {{la-adj|fulvus}} fulvus (feminine fulva, neuter fulvum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|fulvus}} Forms: fulva [feminine], fulvum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], fulvus [masculine, nominative, singular], fulva [feminine, nominative, singular], fulvum [neuter, nominative, singular], fulvī [masculine, nominative, plural], fulvae [feminine, nominative, plural], fulva [neuter, nominative, plural], fulvī [genitive, masculine, singular], fulvae [feminine, genitive, singular], fulvī [genitive, neuter, singular], fulvōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], fulvārum [feminine, genitive, plural], fulvōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], fulvō [dative, masculine, singular], fulvae [dative, feminine, singular], fulvō [dative, neuter, singular], fulvīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], fulvum [accusative, masculine, singular], fulvam [accusative, feminine, singular], fulvum [accusative, neuter, singular], fulvōs [accusative, masculine, plural], fulvās [accusative, feminine, plural], fulva [accusative, neuter, plural], fulvō [ablative, masculine, singular], fulvā [ablative, feminine, singular], fulvō [ablative, neuter, singular], fulvīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], fulve [masculine, singular, vocative], fulva [feminine, singular, vocative], fulvum [neuter, singular, vocative], fulvī [masculine, plural, vocative], fulvae [feminine, plural, vocative], fulva [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. glowing Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-fulvus-la-adj-KBAaIMQ1 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -vus, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -vus: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. (poetic) bright brown, orange or golden in color, sometimes green Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, poetic
    Sense id: en-fulvus-la-adj-vdu0kPLg Categories (other): Colors Disambiguation of Colors: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fulvaster, fulvēscēns, fulviceps (alt: Fulvous-headed), fulvicrissa (alt: Fulvous-vented), fulvifrons, fulvipectus (alt: Fulvous-breasted), fulviventris (alt: Fulvous-bellied)

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "fulvo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "fulo"
    },
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "fulvo"
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      "name": "der"
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        "feminine"
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    },
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      "form": "fulvum",
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        "neuter"
      ]
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        "table-tags"
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    },
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      "form": "fulvus",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulva",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "fulvī",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fulvae",
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "fulva",
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
      ]
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          "fulvarum#Latin"
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      ]
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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fulvam",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fulvōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "fulvōs",
          "fulvos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvās",
      "links": [
        [
          "fulvās",
          "fulvas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
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          "fulvō",
          "fulvo#Latin"
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      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvā",
      "links": [
        [
          "fulvā",
          "fulva#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvō",
      "links": [
        [
          "fulvō",
          "fulvo#Latin"
        ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
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          "fulvīs",
          "fulvis#Latin"
        ]
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        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulva",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvī",
      "links": [
        [
          "fulvī",
          "fulvi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulva",
      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "plural",
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        "1": "fulvus"
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fulvus"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "Fulvous-headed",
      "word": "fulviceps"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "Fulvous-vented",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fulvifrons"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "Fulvous-breasted",
      "word": "fulvipectus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "Fulvous-bellied",
      "word": "fulviventris"
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        {
          "english": "bright bronze (no context survives)",
          "ref": "239 BCE – 169 BCE, Ennius, Annales",
          "text": "aere fuluō",
          "translation": "bright bronze (no context survives)",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Give your foot, so that with pale waters I may wash away the bright dirt from it with the same hands with which I have often rubbed Ulysses' feet, and ease the tiredness with my hands' softness.",
          "ref": "220 BCE – 130 BCE, Pacuvius, Tragedies Niptra",
          "text": "Cedo tuom pedem , lumpīs flāuīs fuluom ut puluerem / manibus īsdem, quibus Vlixī saepe permulsī, abluam, / lassitūdinemque minuam manuom mollitūdine.",
          "translation": "Give your foot, so that with pale waters I may wash away the bright dirt from it with the same hands with which I have often rubbed Ulysses' feet, and ease the tiredness with my hands' softness.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "But the storm of golden sand lets up.",
          "ref": "c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 3.110",
          "text": "… at fuluae nimbus harēnae / tollitur",
          "translation": "But the storm of golden sand lets up.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "And he wishes among unmoving livestock by vows for a frenzied boar, or for a golden lion to come down from the mountains.",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.159",
          "text": "spūmantemque darī pecora inter inertia uōtīs / optat aprum, aut fuluum dēscendere monte leōnem.",
          "translation": "And he wishes among unmoving livestock by vows for a frenzied boar, or for a golden lion to come down from the mountains.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "And in his sword was a star of green jasper, and his wool blazed with the murex of Tyre.",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.261",
          "text": "… atque illī stēllātus iaspide fuluā / ēnsis erat, Tyriōque ārdēbat mūrice lāna.",
          "translation": "And in his sword was a star of green jasper, and his wool blazed with the murex of Tyre.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Golden necklaces are hanging from their necks, covered with gold they are biting on deep-colored gold under their teeth.",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 7.279",
          "text": "aurea pectoribus dēmissa monīlia pendent, / tēctī aurō fuluum mandunt sub dentibus aurum",
          "translation": "Golden necklaces are hanging from their necks, covered with gold they are biting on deep-colored gold under their teeth.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "And they have caps made from red wolf-skins covering their heads.",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 7.688",
          "text": "… fuluōsque lupī dē pelle galērōs / tegmen habent capitī",
          "translation": "And they have caps made from red wolf-skins covering their heads.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Flying high the golden eagle bears the serpent it has taken.",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 11.751",
          "text": "… uolāns altē raptum … fulua dracōnem fert aquila",
          "translation": "Flying high the golden eagle bears the serpent it has taken.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "ipa": "[ˈfʊɫ.wʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈful.vus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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    },
    {
      "form": "fulvōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "fulvōrum",
          "fulvorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvārum",
      "links": [
        [
          "fulvārum",
          "fulvarum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvōrum",
      "links": [
        [
          "fulvōrum",
          "fulvorum#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvō",
      "links": [
        [
          "fulvō",
          "fulvo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvō",
      "links": [
        [
          "fulvō",
          "fulvo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "fulvīs",
          "fulvis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvōs",
      "links": [
        [
          "fulvōs",
          "fulvos#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvās",
      "links": [
        [
          "fulvās",
          "fulvas#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvō",
      "links": [
        [
          "fulvō",
          "fulvo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvā",
      "links": [
        [
          "fulvā",
          "fulva#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvō",
      "links": [
        [
          "fulvō",
          "fulvo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvīs",
      "links": [
        [
          "fulvīs",
          "fulvis#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvī",
      "links": [
        [
          "fulvī",
          "fulvi#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulvae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fulvus"
      },
      "expansion": "fulvus (feminine fulva, neuter fulvum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fulvus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "fulvaster"
    },
    {
      "word": "fulvēscēns"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Fulvous-headed",
      "word": "fulviceps"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Fulvous-vented",
      "word": "fulvicrissa"
    },
    {
      "word": "fulvifrons"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Fulvous-breasted",
      "word": "fulvipectus"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Fulvous-bellied",
      "word": "fulviventris"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "glowing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "glowing",
          "glowing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin poetic terms",
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "bright bronze (no context survives)",
          "ref": "239 BCE – 169 BCE, Ennius, Annales",
          "text": "aere fuluō",
          "translation": "bright bronze (no context survives)",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Give your foot, so that with pale waters I may wash away the bright dirt from it with the same hands with which I have often rubbed Ulysses' feet, and ease the tiredness with my hands' softness.",
          "ref": "220 BCE – 130 BCE, Pacuvius, Tragedies Niptra",
          "text": "Cedo tuom pedem , lumpīs flāuīs fuluom ut puluerem / manibus īsdem, quibus Vlixī saepe permulsī, abluam, / lassitūdinemque minuam manuom mollitūdine.",
          "translation": "Give your foot, so that with pale waters I may wash away the bright dirt from it with the same hands with which I have often rubbed Ulysses' feet, and ease the tiredness with my hands' softness.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "But the storm of golden sand lets up.",
          "ref": "c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 3.110",
          "text": "… at fuluae nimbus harēnae / tollitur",
          "translation": "But the storm of golden sand lets up.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "And he wishes among unmoving livestock by vows for a frenzied boar, or for a golden lion to come down from the mountains.",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.159",
          "text": "spūmantemque darī pecora inter inertia uōtīs / optat aprum, aut fuluum dēscendere monte leōnem.",
          "translation": "And he wishes among unmoving livestock by vows for a frenzied boar, or for a golden lion to come down from the mountains.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "And in his sword was a star of green jasper, and his wool blazed with the murex of Tyre.",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.261",
          "text": "… atque illī stēllātus iaspide fuluā / ēnsis erat, Tyriōque ārdēbat mūrice lāna.",
          "translation": "And in his sword was a star of green jasper, and his wool blazed with the murex of Tyre.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Golden necklaces are hanging from their necks, covered with gold they are biting on deep-colored gold under their teeth.",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 7.279",
          "text": "aurea pectoribus dēmissa monīlia pendent, / tēctī aurō fuluum mandunt sub dentibus aurum",
          "translation": "Golden necklaces are hanging from their necks, covered with gold they are biting on deep-colored gold under their teeth.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "And they have caps made from red wolf-skins covering their heads.",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 7.688",
          "text": "… fuluōsque lupī dē pelle galērōs / tegmen habent capitī",
          "translation": "And they have caps made from red wolf-skins covering their heads.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Flying high the golden eagle bears the serpent it has taken.",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 11.751",
          "text": "… uolāns altē raptum … fulua dracōnem fert aquila",
          "translation": "Flying high the golden eagle bears the serpent it has taken.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bright brown, orange or golden in color, sometimes green"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bright",
          "bright"
        ],
        [
          "brown",
          "brown"
        ],
        [
          "orange",
          "orange"
        ],
        [
          "golden",
          "golden"
        ],
        [
          "green",
          "green"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) bright brown, orange or golden in color, sometimes green"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfʊɫ.wʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈful.vus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fulvus"
}

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