africanus

Latin

Etymology

From noun Āfrica a noun elliptic of "terra Africa", feminine form of āfricus, from the name of the Āfri (singular Afer), a tribal people of the area near Carthage, with addition of the suffix -icus suffix, + second adjective suffix -anus.

Alternative forms

• Āfricānus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aːf.riˈkaː.nus/

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Adjective

āfricānus m ‎(feminine āfricāna, neuter āfricānum); first/second declension

1. African

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	āfricānus	āfricāna	āfricānum		āfricānī	āfricānae	āfricāna
genitive	āfricānī	āfricānae	āfricānī		āfricānōrum	āfricānārum	āfricānōrum
dative	āfricānō		āfricānō		āfricānīs
accusative	āfricānum	āfricānam	āfricānum		āfricānōs	āfricānās	āfricāna
ablative	āfricānō	āfricānā	āfricānō		āfricānīs
vocative	āfricāne	āfricāna	āfricānum		āfricānī	āfricānae	āfricāna

Synonyms

• Āfer, āfricus

Related terms

• Āfrica
• āfricus

References

• AFRICANUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• “africanus” in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the senate decrees to Africanus the honours of a triumph: triumphum senatus Africano decernit (Fin. 4. 9. 22)
    
• africanus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• africanus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray