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caeruleus.

epithet for river/sea deities;

9 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[kae̯ˈrʊ.ɫe.ʊs]Classical-Latin[t͡ʃeˈruː.le.us]

  1. Deep water blue: the deep (blue) color associated with water and with the rainy sky Dyed or colored blue

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  2. Deep water blue: the deep (blue) color associated with water and with the rainy sky Dyed or colored blue Colored with woad

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  3. Deep water blue: the deep (blue) color associated with water and with the rainy sky Used as an epithet of sea and river deities or things connected with them

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2

  4. Deep water blue: the deep (blue) color associated with water and with the rainy sky Glossy greenish-blue

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2

  5. Deep water blue: the deep (blue) color associated with water and with the rainy sky Blue-eyed

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  6. Deep water blue: the deep (blue) color associated with water and with the rainy sky Dark-colored, dusky, gloomy

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  7. Deep water blue: the deep (blue) color associated with water and with the rainy sky Dark-colored, dusky, gloomy

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  8. Deep water blue: the deep (blue) color associated with water and with the rainy sky A spring and aqueduct at Rome

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  9. Of or connected with the sky, celestial

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2 · rare
Where this word comes from

Dissimilation of *caeluleus, derived from caelum (“sky, heaven”) + -uleus (diminutive suffix). However, in Classical Latin the word is attested as denoting the color of the rainy sky and that of deep water, and was on the whole associated with water.

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