albus

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1)  properly without, dull white
 * 2) * p. 830, Nennius, Historia Brittonum, II: 42
 * duo vermes in eo sunt, unus albus et unus rufus
 * "There are," said he, "two serpents, one white and the other red"
 * 1) clear, bright
 * 2) pale, fair, gray, hoary
 * 3) * 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 conveniat homini in eo quod homo.
 * And thus something is accidentally asserted, that is, we say that man is white because Socrates is white, although this does not come about for men because [Socrates] is a man.
 * 1)  favorable, fortunate, auspicious, propitious
 * And thus something is accidentally asserted, that is, we say that man is white because Socrates is white, although this does not come about for men because [Socrates] is a man.
 * 1)  favorable, fortunate, auspicious, propitious

Usage notes
Latin albus is used primarily to mean "white" that is dull or matte. The word is used primarily for shining whiteness. However, this distinction is not always followed.

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