palatinus

See also: Palatinus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.laːˈtiː.nus/, [päɫ̪äːˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.laˈti.nus/, [päläˈt̪iːnus]

Etymology 1

From palātium (“a palace”) +‎ -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix).

Adjective

palātīnus (feminine palātīna, neuter palātīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (monarchy) relating to the palace
2. (monarchy) relating to counties palatine; palatine

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	palātīnus	palātīna	palātīnum		palātīnī	palātīnae	palātīna
genitive	palātīnī	palātīnae	palātīnī		palātīnōrum	palātīnārum	palātīnōrum
dative	palātīnō	palātīnae	palātīnō		palātīnīs
accusative	palātīnum	palātīnam	palātīnum		palātīnōs	palātīnās	palātīna
ablative	palātīnō	palātīnā	palātīnō		palātīnīs
vocative	palātīne	palātīna	palātīnum		palātīnī	palātīnae	palātīna

Descendants

palātīnus

• Catalan: palatí
• → French: palatin
  • Middle English:
    • → English: palatine
• → Galician: palatino
• Italian: paladino (see there for further descendants)
• → Italian: palatino
• → Portuguese: palatino
• → Spanish: palatino

Etymology 2

From palātum (“a palate”) +‎ -īnus (“-ine”, adjectival suffix).

Adjective

palātīnus (feminine palātīna, neuter palātīnum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) of or pertaining to the palate; palatine

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	palātīnus	palātīna	palātīnum		palātīnī	palātīnae	palātīna
genitive	palātīnī	palātīnae	palātīnī		palātīnōrum	palātīnārum	palātīnōrum
dative	palātīnō	palātīnae	palātīnō		palātīnīs
accusative	palātīnum	palātīnam	palātīnum		palātīnōs	palātīnās	palātīna
ablative	palātīnō	palātīnā	palātīnō		palātīnīs
vocative	palātīne	palātīna	palātīnum		palātīnī	palātīnae	palātīna

Descendants

palātīnus

• Catalan: palatí
• → French: palatin
  • → English: palatine
  • → Romanian: palatin
• → Galician: palatino
• → Italian: palatino
• → Portuguese: palatino
• → Spanish: palatino

References

• “pălātīnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pălātīnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “palatinus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray