cotidianus

Latin

Alternative forms

• cottīdiānus, quotīdiānus

Etymology

cotīdiē +‎ -ānus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ko.tiː.diˈaː.nus/, [kɔt̪iːd̪iˈäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.ti.diˈa.nus/, [kot̪id̪iˈäːnus]

Adjective

cotīdiānus (feminine cotīdiāna, neuter cotīdiānum); first/second-declension adjective

1. daily, everyday, quotidian
2. ordinary, pedestrian

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cotīdiānus	cotīdiāna	cotīdiānum		cotīdiānī	cotīdiānae	cotīdiāna
Genitive	cotīdiānī	cotīdiānae	cotīdiānī		cotīdiānōrum	cotīdiānārum	cotīdiānōrum
Dative	cotīdiānō		cotīdiānō		cotīdiānīs
Accusative	cotīdiānum	cotīdiānam	cotīdiānum		cotīdiānōs	cotīdiānās	cotīdiāna
Ablative	cotīdiānō	cotīdiānā	cotīdiānō		cotīdiānīs
Vocative	cotīdiāne	cotīdiāna	cotīdiānum		cotīdiānī	cotīdiānae	cotīdiāna

Synonyms

• (daily, everyday, quotidian): amphēmerinos (Grecian)

Descendants

• Catalan: quotidià
• Dalmatian: cotidiun
• English: quotidian
• French: quotidien
• Galician: cotián

• Italian: quotidiano
• Portuguese: cotidiano, quotidiano
• Romanian: cotidian
• Spanish: cotidiano

References

• “cotidianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cotidianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cotidianus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to adopt the language of everyday life: accedere ad cotidiani sermonis genus
    
  • the ordinary usage of language, everyday speech: cotidiani sermonis usus
    
  • the ordinary usage of language, everyday speech: sermo familiaris et cotidianus
    
  • daily bread: victus cotidianus
    
  • his means suffice to defray daily expenses: copiae cotidianis sumptibus suppetunt (vid. sect. IV. 2, note suppeditare...)
    
  • conversational language: sermo cotidianus, or simply sermo