arcanum

English

Etymology

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Latin arcānumbor.

English arcanum

Borrowed from Latin arcānum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑɹˈkeɪnəm/, /ɑɹˈkɑːnəm/

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Noun

arcanum (plural arcana or arcanums)

1. A mystery or deep secret.
2. An elixir or secret remedy.

Related terms

• arcane

Translations

mystery or deep secret

• German: Arkanum (de) n, Geheimnis (de) n
• Portuguese: arcano (pt) m

elixir or secret remedy

• German: Arkanum (de) n, Geheimmittel (de) n

See also

• occult
• tarot

Latin

Etymology

From arcanus.

Noun

arcānum n (genitive arcānī); second declension

1. secret or mystery

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	arcānum	arcāna
genitive	arcānī	arcānōrum
dative	arcānō	arcānīs
accusative	arcānum	arcāna
ablative	arcānō	arcānīs
vocative	arcānum	arcāna

Related terms

• arcānus

Descendants

• English: arcane
• French: arcane
• Italian: arcano
• Romanian: arcan
• Spanish: arcano
• → Portuguese: arcano
• → Swedish: arkanum

References

• "arcanum", 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)
• “arcanum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly