paganus

Latin

Etymology

From pāgus (“area outside of a city, countryside”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /paːˈɡaː.nus/

Adjective

pāgānus m (feminine pāgāna, neuter pāgānum); first/second declension

1. Of or pertaining to the countryside, rural, rustic.
2. (by extension) rustic, unlearned
3. (substantive) villager, countryman
4. (substantive) civilian
5. (substantive, Ecclesiastical Latin) heathen, pagan

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	pāgānus	pāgāna	pāgānum		pāgānī	pāgānae	pāgāna
genitive	pāgānī	pāgānae	pāgānī		pāgānōrum	pāgānārum	pāgānōrum
dative	pāgānō	pāgānae	pāgānō		pāgānīs	pāgānīs	pāgānīs
accusative	pāgānum	pāgānam	pāgānum		pāgānōs	pāgānās	pāgāna
ablative	pāgānō	pāgānā	pāgānō		pāgānīs	pāgānīs	pāgānīs
vocative	pāgāne	pāgāna	pāgānum		pāgānī	pāgānae	pāgāna

Derived terms

• pāgānismus
• pāgānitās
• sēmipāgānus

Related terms

• pāgānicus
• pāgātim
• pāgus

Descendants

• Albanian: pëganë, pëgërë, pagan
• Anglo-Norman: paien
• Aramaic: פגנא
• Aromanian: pãngãn
• Catalan: pagà
• English: pagan

• French: païen
• Italian: pagano
• Portuguese: pagão
• Romanian: păgân
• Spanish: pagano

References

• paganus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879