miscellaneus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mīscellus (“of a smaller, inferior type; assorted, miscellaneous”) + -āneus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /miːs.kelˈlaː.ne.us/, [miːs̠kɛlˈlʲäːneʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /miʃ.ʃelˈla.ne.us/, [miʃːelˈläːneus]
Adjective
[edit]mīscellāneus (feminine mīscellānea, neuter mīscellāneum); first/second-declension adjective
- mixed, assorted, miscellaneous (combining various elements)
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | mīscellāneus | mīscellānea | mīscellāneum | mīscellāneī | mīscellāneae | mīscellānea | |
Genitive | mīscellāneī | mīscellāneae | mīscellāneī | mīscellāneōrum | mīscellāneārum | mīscellāneōrum | |
Dative | mīscellāneō | mīscellāneō | mīscellāneīs | ||||
Accusative | mīscellāneum | mīscellāneam | mīscellāneum | mīscellāneōs | mīscellāneās | mīscellānea | |
Ablative | mīscellāneō | mīscellāneā | mīscellāneō | mīscellāneīs | |||
Vocative | mīscellānee | mīscellānea | mīscellāneum | mīscellāneī | mīscellāneae | mīscellānea |
Synonyms
[edit]- (mixed): mīscellus
Antonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: miscel·lani
- English: miscellaneous
- Italian: miscellaneo
- Romanian: miscelaneu
- Spanish: misceláneo
References
[edit]- “miscellaneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- miscellaneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- miscellaneus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016