modernus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /moˈder.nus/, [mɔˈd̪ɛrnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈder.nus/, [moˈd̪ɛrnus]

Adjective

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

1. (post-Classical) modern

Declension

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

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

References

• “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

Adjective

modernus

1. accusative plural masculine of moderns