[ˈaɫ.bʊs], [ˈal.bus]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *alβos, from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós. Cognates include Umbrian 𐌀𐌋𐌚𐌖 (alfu), Ancient Greek ἀλφός (alphós, “whiteness, white leprosy”), Hittite 𒀠𒉺𒀸 (alpas, “cloud”), Middle Welsh elbid (“world”), English elf, and Russian ле́бедь (lébedʹ, “swan”).
- adjective, declension-1, declension-2white (properly without luster), dull white
“totus pice nigrior atra, candida cauda tamen; color est quoque cruribus albus.” — All blacker than pitch was he, yet white was his tail; his legs were snowy white.
“duo vermes in eo sunt, unus albus et unus rufus” — "There are," said he, "two serpents, one white and the other red […] "
- adjective, declension-1, declension-2clear, bright
“colores vinis quattuor: albus, fulvus, sanguineus, niger.” — There are four colors of wine: white, brown, sanguine, and black.
- adjective, declension-1, declension-2pale, fair, gray, hoary
“p. 1250, Thomas Aquinas, De ente et essentia
[…] et sic de ipsa aliquid praedicatur per accidens ratione eius, in quo est, sicut dicitur quod homo est albus, quia Socrates est albus, quamvis hoc non c”
- adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figurativelyfavorable, fortunate, auspicious, propitious
Formaealba(feminine) · album(neuter) · albior(comparative) · albissimus(superlative) · albus(masculine, nominative, singular) · alba(feminine, nominative, singular) · album(neuter, nominative, singular) · albī(masculine, nominative, plural) · albae(feminine, nominative, plural) · alba(neuter, nominative, plural) · albī(genitive, masculine, singular) · albae(feminine, genitive, singular) · albī(genitive, neuter, singular) · albōrum(genitive, masculine, plural) · albārum(feminine, genitive, plural) · albōrum(genitive, neuter, plural) · albō(dative, masculine, singular) · albae(dative, feminine, singular) · albō(dative, neuter, singular) · albīs(dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural)
Fons: Vicitionarium