tawny

tawny
adj.
P. and V. ξανθός, Ar. and V. ξουθός.
With tawny wings: V. ξουθόπτερος.

TAWNY

*nigricans e gilvo (of a yellowish dark color): fuscus: adustus (brownish sunburned).

tawny:

1. fulvus: the t. bodies of lions, corpora f. leonum, Lucr. 5, 898: the t. covering of a she-wolf, f. tegmen lupae, Virg. Aen. 1, 275.

2. rāvus (defined by Festus to be between yellow and bluish gray): a t. she-wolf, r. lupa, Hor. Od. 3, 27, 3: Cic.

3. ăquĭlus: v. SWARTHY.

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appearing fewer than 50 times

δαφοινός
blood-red, tawny
κιρρός
orange-tawny
κνηκός
pale yellow, tawny
λεοντοδέρης
like a lion’s skin, tawny
ξουθός
yellowish, brown-yellow, tawny
ἐπίξανθος
inclining to yellow, tawny

fulvus
deep yellow, reddish yellow, gold-colored, tawny
fuscus
dark, swarthy, dusky, tawny

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appearing fewer than 50 times

ravus
gray-yellow, gray, tawny