palatinus

See also: Palatinus

Latin

Etymology

From Palātīnus (“of or belonging to the Palatium, Palatine”), whose meaning shifted in parallel with Palātium (“one of the seven hills of Rome, on which the first buildings were constructed”) shifting to palātium (“palace”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.laːˈtiː.nus/, [päɫ̪äːˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.laˈti.nus/, [päläˈt̪iːnus]

Adjective

palātīnus (feminine palātīna, neuter palātīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. palace, relating to the palace
2. palatine, relating to counties palatine
3. palatine, relating to the palate

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	palātīnus	palātīna	palātīnum		palātīnī	palātīnae	palātīna
Genitive	palātīnī	palātīnae	palātīnī		palātīnōrum	palātīnārum	palātīnōrum
Dative	palātīnō		palātīnō		palātīnīs
Accusative	palātīnum	palātīnam	palātīnum		palātīnōs	palātīnās	palātīna
Ablative	palātīnō	palātīnā	palātīnō		palātīnīs
Vocative	palātīne	palātīna	palātīnum		palātīnī	palātīnae	palātīna

Descendants

• Italian: paladino
  • Middle French: paladin
    • Aragonese: palacín
    • Catalan: paladí
    • Dutch: paladijn
    • English: paladin
    • French: paladin
    • German: Paladin
    • Portuguese: paladino, paladim
    • Romanian: paladin
    • Spanish: paladín

• → English: palatine
• → French: palatine
• → Galician: palatino
• → Italian: palatino
• → Portuguese: palatino
• → Spanish: palatino

References

• “pălātīnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pălātīnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “palatinus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray