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modernus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From modo (just now) +‎ -rnus, after hodiernus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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modernus (feminine moderna, neuter modernum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (post-Classical) modern

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative modernus moderna modernum modernī modernae moderna
genitive modernī modernae modernī modernōrum modernārum modernōrum
dative modernō modernae modernō modernīs
accusative modernum modernam modernum modernōs modernās moderna
ablative modernō modernā modernō modernīs
vocative moderne moderna modernum modernī modernae moderna

Descendants

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  • Catalan: modern
  • English: modern
  • French: moderne
  • German: modern
  • Italian: moderno
  • Portuguese: moderno
  • Romanian: modern
  • Spanish: moderno

References

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  • modernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • modernus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • modernus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • modernus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Latvian

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Adjective

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modernus

  1. accusative plural masculine of moderns