ancianus
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from the Italian reflexes of Vulgar Latin *anteānus. Perhaps first attested in the Annales ianuenses (entry for 1230[1]).
Noun[edit]
anciānus m (genitive anciānī); second declension (Medieval Latin, Italy, chiefly in the plural)
- a high-ranking city official
- a military or naval commander
- a overseer of a monastery
- the elders of the Albigeois sect
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | anciānus | anciānī |
| Genitive | anciānī | anciānōrum |
| Dative | anciānō | anciānīs |
| Accusative | anciānum | anciānōs |
| Ablative | anciānō | anciānīs |
| Vocative | anciāne | anciānī |
References[edit]
- ancianus in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “ancianus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 42
- ^ Imperiale di Sant' Angelo, Cesare. 1923. Annali Genovesi di Caffaro e de' suoi continuatuori dal MCCXV al MCCL, vol. III. Rome: ISI. Page 49.
Further reading[edit]
- ancianus 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)