subterraneus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from sub- + terra (“earth, ground”) + -āneus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sub.terˈraː.ne.us/, [s̠ʊpt̪ɛrˈräːneʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sub.terˈra.ne.us/, [subt̪erˈräːneus]
Adjective[edit]
subterrāneus (feminine subterrānea, neuter subterrāneum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.