subterraneus

Latin

Etymology

Derived from sub- +‎ terra (“earth, ground”) +‎ -āneus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sub.terˈraː.ne.us/, [s̠ʊpt̪ɛrˈräːneʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sub.terˈra.ne.us/, [subt̪erˈräːneus]

Adjective

subterrāneus (feminine subterrānea, neuter subterrāneum); first/second-declension adjective

1. underground, subterranean

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	subterrāneus	subterrānea	subterrāneum		subterrāneī	subterrāneae	subterrānea
genitive	subterrāneī	subterrāneae	subterrāneī		subterrāneōrum	subterrāneārum	subterrāneōrum
dative	subterrāneō	subterrāneae	subterrāneō		subterrāneīs
accusative	subterrāneum	subterrāneam	subterrāneum		subterrāneōs	subterrāneās	subterrānea
ablative	subterrāneō	subterrāneā	subterrāneō		subterrāneīs
vocative	subterrānee	subterrānea	subterrāneum		subterrāneī	subterrāneae	subterrānea

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: sotterraneo
  • Sicilian: suttirràniu
• Padanian:
  • Piedmontese: soterani
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: sotèrren
  • French: souterrain
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese: sotarrano, sotarraño, soterrano, sotorrano
  • Catalan: soterrani
  • Occitan: sosterranh

    Gascon: sosterran

• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: subterrani
  • → English: subterranean
  • → Galician: subterráneo
  • → Portuguese: subterrâneo
  • → Romanian: subteran
  • → Spanish: subterráneo

References

• “subterraneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “subterraneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• subterraneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.