Fuscus

Fuscus, i, m.,

I a Roman surname; e. g.,

1 Aristius Fuscus, an intimate friend of Horace; v. Aristius.—

2 Fuscus, a soldier , courtier , and sensualist of the time of Domitian , Tac. H. 2, 86; Mart. 6, 76; Juv. 4, 112.—

II Deriv.: Fuscī-nus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Fuscus : explicationes, Sen. Suas. 4 fin.

fuscus
fuscus adj. FVR-, dark, swarthy, dusky, tawny : purpura: cornix: Andromede, O.: alae (n...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
fuscus
fuscus, a, um, adj. [for fur-scus; cf. furvus, v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 304], I dark , swarthy , dusk...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.