dusky Copy link Outline 1. fuscus (also poet. furvus, Hor.)2. pullus (nearer to black than fuscus)3. nĭger, gra, grum4. subnĭger • dusky: 1. fuscus (also poet. furvus, Hor.): d. suite (of Aethiopians), f. comites, Tib.: d. wings (of night), f. alae, Virg.: v. dark. 2. pullus (nearer to black than fuscus): a d. victim (offered to magic deities), p. hostia, Tib.: d. spots (on a ram), p. maculae, Virg.: a d. toga (worn as mourning), toga p., Cic. 3. nĭger, gra, grum: v. swarthy, black. 4. subnĭger: v. blackish.