subterraneus
Latin
editEtymology
editDerived from sub- + terra (“earth, ground”) + -āneus.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sub.terˈraː.ne.us/, [s̠ʊpt̪ɛrˈräːneʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sub.terˈra.ne.us/, [subt̪erˈräːneus]
Adjective
editsubterrāneus (feminine subterrānea, neuter subterrāneum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | subterrāneus | subterrānea | subterrāneum | subterrāneī | subterrāneae | subterrānea | |
Genitive | subterrāneī | subterrāneae | subterrāneī | subterrāneōrum | subterrāneārum | subterrāneōrum | |
Dative | subterrāneō | subterrāneō | subterrāneīs | ||||
Accusative | subterrāneum | subterrāneam | subterrāneum | subterrāneōs | subterrāneās | subterrānea | |
Ablative | subterrāneō | subterrāneā | subterrāneō | subterrāneīs | |||
Vocative | subterrānee | subterrānea | subterrāneum | subterrāneī | subterrāneae | subterrānea |
Descendants
edit- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: sotterraneo
- Sicilian: suttirràniu
- Padanian:
- Piedmontese: soterani
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: sotèrren
- French: souterrain
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Borrowings:
- → Catalan: subterrani
- → English: subterranean
- → Galician: subterráneo
- → Portuguese: subterrâneo
- → Romanian: subteran
- → Spanish: subterráneo
References
edit- “subterraneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “subterraneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- subterraneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.