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See also: vaticanus
Latin
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Etymology
[edit]Unknown. The connection to vāticinor (“to prophesy”) is folk-etymological.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯aː.tiːˈkaː.nus/, [u̯äːt̪iːˈkäːnʊs̠] or IPA(key): /u̯aː.tiˈkaː.nus/, [u̯äːt̪ɪˈkäːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /va.tiˈka.nus/, [vät̪iˈkäːnus]
Proper noun
[edit]Vātī̆cānus m (genitive Vātī̆cānī); second declension
- The Vatican, a hill in Rome, Italy
- Vatican City, the small state forming the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church
- The papacy, the government of the state and Catholic Church
- (Roman mythology) Alternative form of Vagitanus
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Vātī̆cānus |
Genitive | Vātī̆cānī |
Dative | Vātī̆cānō |
Accusative | Vātī̆cānum |
Ablative | Vātī̆cānō |
Vocative | Vātī̆cāne |