mexicanus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mexicano, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihcah.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /mek.siˈkaː.nus/, [mɛks̠ɪˈkäːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mek.siˈka.nus/, [meɡziˈkäːnus]
Adjective
mexicānus (feminine mexicāna, neuter mexicānum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) Mexican; from or pertaining to Mexico
- 1669, Roberto Morison, Hortus Regius Blesensis, page 201
- […] flos Mexicanus flore fistuloso
- […] Mexican flower with fisulose blooms
- […] flos Mexicanus flore fistuloso
- 1669, Roberto Morison, Hortus Regius Blesensis, page 201
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | mexicānus | mexicāna | mexicānum | mexicānī | mexicānae | mexicāna | |
Genitive | mexicānī | mexicānae | mexicānī | mexicānōrum | mexicānārum | mexicānōrum | |
Dative | mexicānō | mexicānō | mexicānīs | ||||
Accusative | mexicānum | mexicānam | mexicānum | mexicānōs | mexicānās | mexicāna | |
Ablative | mexicānō | mexicānā | mexicānō | mexicānīs | |||
Vocative | mexicāne | mexicāna | mexicānum | mexicānī | mexicānae | mexicāna |