montanus
See also: Montanus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom mōns (“mountain”) + -ānus (“of, pertaining to”, suffix forming an adjective).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /monˈtaː.nus/, [mɔn̪ˈt̪äːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /monˈta.nus/, [mon̪ˈt̪äːnus]
Adjective
editmontānus (feminine montāna, neuter montānum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to a mountain, especially—
- situated among, or built in, the mountains
- dwelling in the mountains, mountaineer
- mountainous
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | montānus | montāna | montānum | montānī | montānae | montāna | |
Genitive | montānī | montānae | montānī | montānōrum | montānārum | montānōrum | |
Dative | montānō | montānō | montānīs | ||||
Accusative | montānum | montānam | montānum | montānōs | montānās | montāna | |
Ablative | montānō | montānā | montānō | montānīs | |||
Vocative | montāne | montāna | montānum | montānī | montānae | montāna |
Derived terms
edit- montania (see there for further descendants)
- montāniōsus (“mountainous”, adjective)
- submontānus (“under the mountain”, adjective)
- trānsmontānus (“beyond the mountains”, adjective)
- ultramontānus (“ultramontane”, adjective)
Related terms
edit- monticola (“mountain inhabitant”, noun)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “montanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “montanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- montanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “montanus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “montanus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray