conterraneus

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“with, together”) +‎ terra (“land, country”) +‎ -āneus (“-aneous”, adjectival suffix for relationship).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.terˈraː.ne.us/, [kɔn̪t̪ɛrˈräːneʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.terˈra.ne.us/, [kon̪t̪erˈräːneus]

Noun

conterrāneus m (genitive conterrāneī); second declension (nominalized)

1. fellow countryman

   Synonym: congerrō

   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 0.1

Inflection

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	conterrāneus	conterrāneī
genitive	conterrāneī	conterrāneōrum
dative	conterrāneō	conterrāneīs
accusative	conterrāneum	conterrāneōs
ablative	conterrāneō	conterrāneīs
vocative	conterrānee	conterrāneī

Related terms

• atterrāneus
• exterrāneus
• mediterrāneus
• subterrāneus

 

Descendants

• → Italian: conterraneo
• → Portuguese: conterrâneo

References

• “conterraneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press