subterraneus
Latin
Etymology
Derived from sub- + terra (“earth, ground”) + -āneus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sʊp.tɛrˈraː.ne.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [sub.t̪erˈraː.ne.us]
Adjective
subterrāneus (feminine subterrānea, neuter subterrāneum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | subterrāneus | subterrānea | subterrāneum | subterrāneī | subterrāneae | subterrānea | |
| genitive | subterrāneī | subterrāneae | subterrāneī | subterrāneōrum | subterrāneārum | subterrāneōrum | |
| dative | subterrāneō | subterrāneae | subterrāneō | subterrāneīs | |||
| accusative | subterrāneum | subterrāneam | subterrāneum | subterrāneōs | subterrāneās | subterrānea | |
| ablative | subterrāneō | subterrāneā | subterrāneō | subterrāneīs | |||
| vocative | subterrānee | subterrānea | subterrāneum | subterrāneī | subterrāneae | subterrānea | |
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: sotterraneo
- Sicilian: suttirràniu
- Padanian:
- Piedmontese: soterani
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: sotèrren
- French: souterrain
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Aragonese: sotarrano, sotarraño, soterrano, sotorrano
- Catalan: soterrani
- Occitan: sosterranh
- Gascon: sosterran
- Borrowings:
- → Catalan: subterrani
- → English: subterranean
- → Galician: subterráneo
- → Portuguese: subterrâneo
- → Romanian: subteran
- → Spanish: subterráneo
References
- “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.