mexicanus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish mexicano, from Classical Nahuatl Mēxihco. By surface analysis, Mē̆xicum +‎ -ānus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meːk.siˈkaː.nus/, [meːks̠ɪˈkäːnʊs̠] or IPA^(key): /mek.siˈkaː.nus/, [mɛks̠ɪˈkäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mek.siˈka.nus/, [meɡziˈkäːnus]

Adjective

mē̆xicānus (feminine mē̆xicāna, neuter mē̆xicānum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) Mexican; from or pertaining to Mexico
   • 1669, Roberto Morison, Hortus Regius Blesensis, page 201:

     […] flos Mexicanus flore fistuloso

     […] Mexican flower with fisulose blooms

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	mē̆xicānus	mē̆xicāna	mē̆xicānum		mē̆xicānī	mē̆xicānae	mē̆xicāna
genitive	mē̆xicānī	mē̆xicānae	mē̆xicānī		mē̆xicānōrum	mē̆xicānārum	mē̆xicānōrum
dative	mē̆xicānō	mē̆xicānae	mē̆xicānō		mē̆xicānīs
accusative	mē̆xicānum	mē̆xicānam	mē̆xicānum		mē̆xicānōs	mē̆xicānās	mē̆xicāna
ablative	mē̆xicānō	mē̆xicānā	mē̆xicānō		mē̆xicānīs
vocative	mē̆xicāne	mē̆xicāna	mē̆xicānum		mē̆xicānī	mē̆xicānae	mē̆xicāna

Synonyms

• mē̆xicānēnsis