Christianus
See also: christianus
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Chrēstiānus (used by non-Christians in the Empire, pejoratively replacing Χρῑστός (Khrīstós) with the common name Χρηστός (Khrēstós); scorned by Tertullian)
- chrīstiānus (letter-case)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʰriːs.tiˈaː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kris.t̪iˈaː.nus]
Adjective
[edit]Chrīstiānus (feminine Chrīstiāna, neuter Chrīstiānum, comparative Christianior, superlative Christianissimus); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | Chrīstiānus | Chrīstiāna | Chrīstiānum | Chrīstiānī | Chrīstiānae | Chrīstiāna | |
| genitive | Chrīstiānī | Chrīstiānae | Chrīstiānī | Chrīstiānōrum | Chrīstiānārum | Chrīstiānōrum | |
| dative | Chrīstiānō | Chrīstiānae | Chrīstiānō | Chrīstiānīs | |||
| accusative | Chrīstiānum | Chrīstiānam | Chrīstiānum | Chrīstiānōs | Chrīstiānās | Chrīstiāna | |
| ablative | Chrīstiānō | Chrīstiānā | Chrīstiānō | Chrīstiānīs | |||
| vocative | Chrīstiāne | Chrīstiāna | Chrīstiānum | Chrīstiānī | Chrīstiānae | Chrīstiāna | |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Many reflect the alternative form Chrēstianus.
- Ancient Greek: Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós)
- Greek: χριστιανός (christianós)
- → Albanian: krishterë
- Aromanian: crishtin, crãshtin
- Asturian: cristianu
- Catalan: cristià
- Dalmatian: cristiúṅ[1]
- → Old Dutch: cristīn
- → Old East Slavic: крьстьꙗнинъ (krĭstĭjaninŭ)
- Russian: крестьянин (krestʹjanin)
- → English: Christian
- →⇒ Finnish: kristitty
- Old French: crestien, christian
- Friulian: cristian
- Galician: cristián
- → Old Irish: Crístaide, Crístide (calque)
- Irish: Críostaí
- Manx: Creestee
- Scottish Gaelic: Crìosdaidh
- Italian: cristiano
- → Marshallese: Kūrjin
- Neapolitan: crestiano
- Norman: Chrêtchien
- Occitan: crestian
- Old Galician-Portuguese: crischão, creschão
- Portuguese: cristão
- Romanian: creștin
- Romansch: carstgaun, carstgàn
- Sardinian: criltianu, cristianu
- Sicilian: cristianu
- Old Spanish: christiano
- Spanish: cristiano
- Venetan: cristian, crestian
- Walloon: crustin
- → Middle Welsh: Cristyawn
- Welsh: Cristion
Noun
[edit]Chrīstiānus m sg (genitive Chrīstiānī, feminine Chrīstiāna); second declension
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | ||
| nominative | Chrīstiānus | Chrīstiāna | Chrīstiānī | Chrīstiānae | |
| genitive | Chrīstiānī | Chrīstiānae | Chrīstiānōrum | Chrīstiānārum | |
| dative | Chrīstiānō | Chrīstiānae | Chrīstiānīs | Chrīstiānīs | |
| accusative | Chrīstiānum | Chrīstiānam | Chrīstiānōs | Chrīstiānās | |
| ablative | Chrīstiānō | Chrīstiānā | Chrīstiānīs | Chrīstiānīs | |
| vocative | Chrīstiāne | Chrīstiāna | Chrīstiānī | Chrīstiānae | |
References
[edit]- ^ Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000
- “Christianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Christianus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.