Calenus

See also: cālēnus

Latin

Etymology

Derived from Calēs (“name of a town”) +‎ -nus (“-an”, adjectival derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈleː.nus/, [käˈɫ̪eːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈle.nus/, [käˈlɛːnus]

Adjective

Calēnus (feminine Calēna, neuter Calēnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of, or from, Cales

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	Calēnus	Calēna	Calēnum		Calēnī	Calēnae	Calēna
genitive	Calēnī	Calēnae	Calēnī		Calēnōrum	Calēnārum	Calēnōrum
dative	Calēnō	Calēnae	Calēnō		Calēnīs
accusative	Calēnum	Calēnam	Calēnum		Calēnōs	Calēnās	Calēna
ablative	Calēnō	Calēnā	Calēnō		Calēnīs
vocative	Calēne	Calēna	Calēnum		Calēnī	Calēnae	Calēna

Proper noun

Calēnus m (genitive Calēnī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Quintus Fufius Calenus, a Roman politician

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Calēnus	Calēnī
genitive	Calēnī	Calēnōrum
dative	Calēnō	Calēnīs
accusative	Calēnum	Calēnōs
ablative	Calēnō	Calēnīs
vocative	Calēne	Calēnī

References

• “Calenum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Calenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.