Montanus

See also: montanus

Latin

Etymology

From montānus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɔnˈtaː.nʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mon̪ˈt̪aː.nus]

Proper noun

Montānus m sg (genitive Montānī); second declension

A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
1. Votienus Montanus, a Roman poet
2. Montanus, the founder of Montanism, a Christian sect

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Montānus
genitive	Montānī
dative	Montānō
accusative	Montānum
ablative	Montānō
vocative	Montāne

Derived terms

Montāniānus (adjective)

References

“Montanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Montanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.