miscellaneus

Latin

Etymology

From mīscellus (“of a smaller, inferior type; assorted, miscellaneous”) +‎ -āneus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /miːs.kelˈlaː.ne.us/, [miːs̠kɛlˈlʲäːneʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /miʃ.ʃelˈla.ne.us/, [miʃːelˈläːneus]

Adjective

mīscellāneus (feminine mīscellānea, neuter mīscellāneum); first/second-declension adjective

1. mixed, assorted, miscellaneous (combining various elements)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mīscellāneus	mīscellānea	mīscellāneum		mīscellāneī	mīscellāneae	mīscellānea
Genitive	mīscellāneī	mīscellāneae	mīscellāneī		mīscellāneōrum	mīscellāneārum	mīscellāneōrum
Dative	mīscellāneō		mīscellāneō		mīscellāneīs
Accusative	mīscellāneum	mīscellāneam	mīscellāneum		mīscellāneōs	mīscellāneās	mīscellānea
Ablative	mīscellāneō	mīscellāneā	mīscellāneō		mīscellāneīs
Vocative	mīscellānee	mīscellānea	mīscellāneum		mīscellāneī	mīscellāneae	mīscellānea

Synonyms

• (mixed): mīscellus

Antonyms

• (mixed): pūrus, simplex

Related terms

• miscellus
• misceō
• miscīx
• mistārius / mixtārius
• mistīcius / mixtīcius

• mistim / mixtim
• mistiō / mixtiō
• mistūra / mixtūra
• mistūrātus / mixtūrātus
• mistus / mixtus

Descendants

• Catalan: miscel·lani
• English: miscellaneous
• Italian: miscellaneo
• Spanish: misceláneo

References

• “miscellaneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• miscellaneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• miscellaneus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016