italianus

Latin

Etymology

From Italia (“Italy”) +‎ -ānus (adjective suffix), on the model of a Romance language such as Italian italiano.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i.ta.liˈaː.nus/, [ɪt̪älʲiˈäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.ta.liˈa.nus/, [it̪äliˈäːnus]

Adjective

italiānus (feminine italiāna, neuter italiānum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin, nonstandard) Italian

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	italiānus	italiāna	italiānum		italiānī	italiānae	italiāna
genitive	italiānī	italiānae	italiānī		italiānōrum	italiānārum	italiānōrum
dative	italiānō	italiānae	italiānō		italiānīs
accusative	italiānum	italiānam	italiānum		italiānōs	italiānās	italiāna
ablative	italiānō	italiānā	italiānō		italiānīs
vocative	italiāne	italiāna	italiānum		italiānī	italiānae	italiāna

Noun

italiānus m (genitive italiānī); second declension

1. (New Latin, nonstandard) an Italian
   • 1889, Jacobus Christiansen, De apicibus et i longis inscriptionum latinarum, page 59:

     V́LTRA (tab. Claud) apicem habet adversus oltra Italianorum et outre Francorum.

     ÚLTRA (Claudian tablet) has an acute, in contrast to oltra of the Italians and outre of the French.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	italiānus	italiānī
genitive	italiānī	italiānōrum
dative	italiānō	italiānīs
accusative	italiānum	italiānōs
ablative	italiānō	italiānīs
vocative	italiāne	italiānī

Synonyms

• italus
• italicus