fuscus, a, um, adj. [for fur-scus; cf. furvus, v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 304],
I dark , swarthy , dusky , tawny (class.; cf.: pullus, niger): purpura plebeia ac paene fusca, Cic. Sest. 8, 19: cornix, id. poët. Div. 1, 8, 14 illi sint comites fusci, quos India torret, Tib. 2, 3, 55; cf. Andromede, Ov. H. 15, 36: Hydaspes, Hor. S. 2, 8, 14; also transf.: Syene, Mart. 9, 36, 7: nubila, Ov. M. 5, 286; cf.: alae noctis, Verg. A. 8, 369; and transf.: amictus (somni), Tib. 3, 4, 55: Falerna, Mart. 2, 40, 6.— Comp. : altera (fraxinus), brevis, durior fusciorque, Plin. 16, 13, 24, § 63: laterna, i. e. dark , Mart. 14, 62.—As denoting misfortune: fuscis avibus Larissam accessi, Ap. Met. 2, 21, 10.—
B Transf., of the voice, indistinct , husky , hoarse (opp. candidus): et vocis genera permulta: candidum (al. canorum) fuscum, leve asperum, grave acutum, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146 Mos. and Orell. N. cr.; cf.: est (vox) et candida et fusca et plena et exilis, etc., Quint. 11, 3, 15; Plin. 28, 6, 16, § 58: hic etiam fusca illa vox, qualem, etc., Quint. 11, 3, 171 (for which Cic. Brut. 38, 141, subrauca).