decanus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
(Classical) IPA(key): /deˈkaː.nus/, [d̪ɛˈkäːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈka.nus/, [d̪eˈkäːnus]
Noun edit
decānus m (genitive decānī); second declension (Late Latin)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | decānus | decānī |
| Genitive | decānī | decānōrum |
| Dative | decānō | decānīs |
| Accusative | decānum | decānōs |
| Ablative | decānō | decānīs |
| Vocative | decāne | decānī |
Descendants edit
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Spanish: degano
- Italo-Romance:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: dean
- Borrowings:
- → Ancient Greek: δεκᾱνός (dekānós)
- Byzantine Greek: δεκανός (dekanós)
- → Proto-West Germanic: *dekan (see there for further descendants)
- → Asturian: decanu
- → Dutch: decaan
- Afrikaans: dekaan
- → German: Dekan
- → Hebrew: דִּיקָן (dikán)
- → Old Czech: děkan
- → Old Irish: decán, decánach
- Irish: deagánach
- → Portuguese: decano
- → Romanian: decan
- → Russian: дека́н (dekán)
- → Spanish: decano
- → Ancient Greek: δεκᾱνός (dekānós)
References edit
- “decanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- decanus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- decanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “decanus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- decanus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “decanus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin