urbanus

See also: Urbanus and urbánus

Latin

Etymology

From urbs (“city”) +‎ -ānus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /urˈbaː.nus/, [ʊrˈbäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /urˈba.nus/, [urˈbäːnus]

Adjective

urbānus (feminine urbāna, neuter urbānum, comparative urbānior, superlative urbānissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or belonging to a city; urban
2. fond of, or devoted to cities
3. (of manners or style) cultivated, sophisticated, polished, refined
4. (of manners or style) bold, forward, impudent
5. (of speech) elegant, refined, choice

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	urbānus	urbāna	urbānum		urbānī	urbānae	urbāna
Genitive	urbānī	urbānae	urbānī		urbānōrum	urbānārum	urbānōrum
Dative	urbānō		urbānō		urbānīs
Accusative	urbānum	urbānam	urbānum		urbānōs	urbānās	urbāna
Ablative	urbānō	urbānā	urbānō		urbānīs
Vocative	urbāne	urbāna	urbānum		urbānī	urbānae	urbāna

Derived terms

• inurbānus
• suburbānus
• urbāniciānus
• urbānitās
• Urbānus
• urbānātim
• urbānē

 

Related terms

• urbicapus
• urbicremus
• urbicus
• urbicārius
• urbs
• Urbīnum

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: urbà
• → English: urban, urbane
• → French: urbain
• → Galician: urbano
• → Italian: urbano
• → Piedmontese: urban
• → Portuguese: urbano
• → Romanian: urban
• → Spanish: urbano

Noun

urbānus m (genitive urbānī); second declension

1. a city dweller, citizen

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	urbānus	urbānī
Genitive	urbānī	urbānōrum
Dative	urbānō	urbānīs
Accusative	urbānum	urbānōs
Ablative	urbānō	urbānīs
Vocative	urbāne	urbānī

References

• “urbanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “urbanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• urbanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.