Latin edit

Etymology edit

From modo (just now) +‎ -rnus, after hodiernus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

modernus (feminine moderna, neuter modernum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (post-Classical) modern

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative modernus moderna modernum modernī modernae moderna
Genitive modernī modernae modernī modernōrum modernārum modernōrum
Dative modernō modernō modernīs
Accusative modernum modernam modernum modernōs modernās moderna
Ablative modernō modernā modernō modernīs
Vocative moderne moderna modernum modernī modernae moderna

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: modern
  • English: modern
  • French: moderne
  • German: modern
  • Italian: moderno
  • Portuguese: moderno
  • Romanian: modern
  • Spanish: moderno

References edit

  • modernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • modernus 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)
  • modernus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • modernus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Latvian edit

Adjective edit

modernus

  1. accusative plural masculine of moderns