Saracenus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • Sarracēnus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σᾰρᾰκηνός (Sarakēnós).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sa.raˈkeː.nus/, [s̠äräˈkeːnʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sa.raˈt͡ʃe.nus/, [säräˈt͡ʃɛːnus]

Noun

Saracēnus m (genitive Saracēnī, feminine Saracēna); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) Saracen

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Nominative Saracēnus Saracēna Saracēnī Saracēnae
Genitive Saracēnī Saracēnae Saracēnōrum Saracēnārum
Dative Saracēnō Saracēnīs Saracēnīs
Accusative Saracēnum Saracēnam Saracēnōs Saracēnās
Ablative Saracēnō Saracēnā Saracēnīs Saracēnīs
Vocative Saracēne Saracēna Saracēnī Saracēnae

Derived terms
  • saracēnātus
  • Saracēnismus / Sarracēnismus
  • Sarracēnigena

Descendants
  • → Old English: Sarocine, Sarracene
  • Old French: Sarazin, Sarrazin
  • Italian: Saracino, saraceno
  • Sicilian: sarracinu
  • Spanish: Saraceno
  • Galician: sarraceno
  • Portuguese: sarraceno

References
  • “Saracēni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Sarracēni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,393/2”
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