Vaticanus

See also: vaticanus

Latin

The Papal flag

Etymology

Unknown. The connection to vāticinor (“to prophesy”) is folk-etymological.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯aː.tiːˈkaː.nus/, [u̯äːt̪iːˈkäːnʊs̠] or IPA^(key): /u̯aː.tiˈkaː.nus/, [u̯äːt̪ɪˈkäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /va.tiˈka.nus/, [vät̪iˈkäːnus]

Proper noun

Vātī̆cānus m (genitive Vātī̆cānī); second declension

1. The Vatican, a hill in Rome, Italy
2. Vatican City, the small state forming the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church
3. The papacy, the government of the state and Catholic Church
4. (Roman mythology) Alternative form of Vagitanus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Vātī̆cānus
Genitive	Vātī̆cānī
Dative	Vātī̆cānō
Accusative	Vātī̆cānum
Ablative	Vātī̆cānō
Vocative	Vātī̆cāne