[ˈkɔ.ɫɔr], [ˈkɔː.lor]
OriginFrom earlier colōs (genitive colōris), from Proto-Italic *kelōs, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, conceal”). The nominative singular changed to color in Classical times by analogy with the oblique forms, where /r/ had regularly developed from an original intervocalic /s/.
- declension-3, masculinecolor (US), colour (UK); shade, hue, tint
“tot fuerant illīc, quot habet nātūra, colōrēs,
pictaque dissimilī flōre nitēbat humus.
In that place there had been so many colors – as many as nature possesses –” — and the ground was radiant, having been decorated with every different flower.
(Ovid describes the field where Persephone and her attendants picked flowers.)
- declension-3, masculinepigment
- declension-3, masculinecomplexion
- declension-3, masculineoutward appearance
Formscolōris(genitive) · color(nominative, singular) · colōrēs(nominative, plural) · colōris(genitive, singular) · colōrum(genitive, plural) · colōrī(dative, singular) · colōribus(dative, plural) · colōrem(accusative, singular) · colōrēs(accusative, plural) · colōre(ablative, singular) · colōribus(ablative, plural) · color(singular, vocative) · colōrēs(plural, vocative) · colōs(alternative, archaic)