antianus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • anciānus, anziānus

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian anziano, itself borrowed from Old French ancien, from Vulgar Latin *anteānus. Attested from the thirteenth century onward.

Pronunciation

Adjective

antiānus (feminine antiāna, neuter antiānum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Medieval Latin) old, ancient
    Synonym: antīquus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative antiānus antiāna antiānum antiānī antiānae antiāna
Genitive antiānī antiānae antiānī antiānōrum antiānārum antiānōrum
Dative antiānō antiānō antiānīs
Accusative antiānum antiānam antiānum antiānōs antiānās antiāna
Ablative antiānō antiānā antiānō antiānīs
Vocative antiāne antiāna antiānum antiānī antiānae antiāna

Noun

antiānus m (genitive antiānī); second declension (Medieval Latin)

  1. (Italy) elder (an urban official)
  2. (military) commander

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative antiānus antiānī
Genitive antiānī antiānōrum
Dative antiānō antiānīs
Accusative antiānum antiānōs
Ablative antiānō antiānīs
Vocative antiāne antiānī

References
  • antianus 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)
  • antianus in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “ancianus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 42
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