ancianus
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.
| 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)