Saracenus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Sarracēnus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σᾰρᾰκηνός (Sarakēnós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sa.raˈkeː.nus/, [s̠äräˈkeːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sa.raˈt͡ʃe.nus/, [säräˈt͡ʃɛːnus]

Noun

Saracēnus m (genitive Saracēnī, feminine Saracēna); second declension

1. (Late Latin) Saracen

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine		Masculine	Feminine
Nominative	Saracēnus	Saracēna		Saracēnī	Saracēnae
Genitive	Saracēnī	Saracēnae		Saracēnōrum	Saracēnārum
Dative	Saracēnō			Saracēnīs	Saracēnīs
Accusative	Saracēnum	Saracēnam		Saracēnōs	Saracēnās
Ablative	Saracēnō	Saracēnā		Saracēnīs	Saracēnīs
Vocative	Saracēne	Saracēna		Saracēnī	Saracēnae

Derived terms

• saracēnātus
• Saracēnismus / Sarracēnismus
• Sarracēnigena

Descendants

Descendants

• Old Catalan: sarrací
  • Catalan: sarraí
• → Old English: Sarocine, Sarracene
• Old French: Sarazin, Sarrazin
  • Middle French: Sarrazin
    • French: Sarrasin
  • → Middle English: Sarezin, Sarrezin
    • English: Saracen
• Galician: sarraceno
• Italian: Saracino, saraceno
• Sicilian: sarracinu
• Spanish: Saraceno
• Portuguese: sarraceno

References

• “Saracēni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sarracēni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,393/2”