paganus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From pāgus (area outside of a city, countryside) +‎ -ānus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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pāgānus (feminine pāgāna, neuter pāgānum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to the countryside, rural, rustic.
  2. (by extension) rustic, unlearned
  3. (Medieval Latin, Christianity) pagan, heathen

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative pāgānus pāgāna pāgānum pāgānī pāgānae pāgāna
Genitive pāgānī pāgānae pāgānī pāgānōrum pāgānārum pāgānōrum
Dative pāgānō pāgānō pāgānīs
Accusative pāgānum pāgānam pāgānum pāgānōs pāgānās pāgāna
Ablative pāgānō pāgānā pāgānō pāgānīs
Vocative pāgāne pāgāna pāgānum pāgānī pāgānae pāgāna

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Borrowings into other languages:

Noun

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pāgānus m (genitive pāgānī); second declension

  1. villager, countryman
  2. civilian
  3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) heathen, pagan

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pāgānus pāgānī
Genitive pāgānī pāgānōrum
Dative pāgānō pāgānīs
Accusative pāgānum pāgānōs
Ablative pāgānō pāgānīs
Vocative pāgāne pāgānī

References

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  • paganus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • paganus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • paganus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • paganus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • paganus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers