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fusco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [fuscus].
- I. Act., to make dark, swarthy, dusky, to blacken, darken (poet.).
- A. Lit.: fuscentur corpora campo, Ov. A. A. 1, 513: cutem pingui olivo, Stat. Th. 6, 576: lactea pocula sanguine puniceo (Massagetae), id. Achil. 1, 307: malas (lanugo), Luc. 10, 135; cf. dentes (inertia), Ov. A. A. 3, 197: diem (nube), Val. Fl. 1, 396; cf. Sil. 11, 270.
- B. Trop.: quem ad hoc aevi nulla actuum culpa fuscavit, Symm. Ep. 1, 34; Sid. Carm. 7, 505.
- * II. Neutr., to become dark or swarthy: ne pulchrae fuscaret gratia formae, Stat. S. 3, 4, 66.
1. fuscus, a, um, adj. [for fur-scus; cf. furvus, v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 304], 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, App. M. 2, 124.
- 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).