americanus
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Amerī̆ca + -ānus (“-an”).
Pronunciation
edit- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.me.riˈka.nus/, [ämeriˈkäːnus]
Adjective
editamerī̆canus (feminine amerī̆cana, neuter amerī̆canum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) American; of or pertaining to America (i.e. the Americas)
- 1723, Gervas Ludovicus Nicolaus de Oskierka, Theses ex universa philosophia quas ad majorem Dei gloriam & magnae Dei Matris Virginis Mariae honorem praeside R. P. Marquardo Rotenhan Societ. Jesu, Heidelberga (Heidelberg), section Continuatio globi terra quei in suas partes divisi, p.13:
- America in ſeptentrionalem, Auſtralem & Insulas Americanas diſtribuitur.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1723, Gervas Ludovicus Nicolaus de Oskierka, Theses ex universa philosophia quas ad majorem Dei gloriam & magnae Dei Matris Virginis Mariae honorem praeside R. P. Marquardo Rotenhan Societ. Jesu, Heidelberga (Heidelberg), section Continuatio globi terra quei in suas partes divisi, p.13:
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | amerī̆cānus | amerī̆cāna | amerī̆cānum | amerī̆cānī | amerī̆cānae | amerī̆cāna | |
genitive | amerī̆cānī | amerī̆cānae | amerī̆cānī | amerī̆cānōrum | amerī̆cānārum | amerī̆cānōrum | |
dative | amerī̆cānō | amerī̆cānae | amerī̆cānō | amerī̆cānīs | |||
accusative | amerī̆cānum | amerī̆cānam | amerī̆cānum | amerī̆cānōs | amerī̆cānās | amerī̆cāna | |
ablative | amerī̆cānō | amerī̆cānā | amerī̆cānō | amerī̆cānīs | |||
vocative | amerī̆cāne | amerī̆cāna | amerī̆cānum | amerī̆cānī | amerī̆cānae | amerī̆cāna |