miscellaneus
Latin
Etymology
From mīscellus (“of a smaller, inferior type; assorted, miscellaneous”) + -āneus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [miːs.kɛlˈlaː.ne.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [miʃ.ʃelˈlaː.ne.us]
Adjective
mīscellāneus (feminine mīscellānea, neuter mīscellāneum); first/second-declension adjective
- mixed, assorted, miscellaneous (combining various elements)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | mīscellāneus | mīscellānea | mīscellāneum | mīscellāneī | mīscellāneae | mīscellānea | |
| genitive | mīscellāneī | mīscellāneae | mīscellāneī | mīscellāneōrum | mīscellāneārum | mīscellāneōrum | |
| dative | mīscellāneō | mīscellāneae | mīscellāneō | mīscellāneīs | |||
| accusative | mīscellāneum | mīscellāneam | mīscellāneum | mīscellāneōs | mīscellāneās | mīscellānea | |
| ablative | mīscellāneō | mīscellāneā | mīscellāneō | mīscellāneīs | |||
| vocative | mīscellānee | mīscellānea | mīscellāneum | mīscellāneī | mīscellāneae | mīscellānea | |
Synonyms
- (mixed): mīscellus
Antonyms
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: miscel·lani
- English: miscellaneous
- Italian: miscellaneo
- Romanian: miscelaneu
- Spanish: misceláneo
References
- “miscellaneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- miscellaneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- miscellaneus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016