clandestinus

Latin

Etymology

From an earlier adverb *clam-de (“secretly”) (from clam and -de, also seen in unde, etc.), to which the suffix -stīnus was added.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /klan.desˈtiː.nus/, [kɫ̪än̪d̪ɛs̠ˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /klan.desˈti.nus/, [klän̪d̪esˈt̪iːnus]

Adjective

clandestīnus (feminine clandestīna, neuter clandestīnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. clandestine, secret, concealed
    Synonyms: obscūrus, secretus, arcanus, perobscūrus, occultus
    Antonyms: conspicuus, manifestus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative clandestīnus clandestīna clandestīnum clandestīnī clandestīnae clandestīna
Genitive clandestīnī clandestīnae clandestīnī clandestīnōrum clandestīnārum clandestīnōrum
Dative clandestīnō clandestīnō clandestīnīs
Accusative clandestīnum clandestīnam clandestīnum clandestīnōs clandestīnās clandestīna
Ablative clandestīnō clandestīnā clandestīnō clandestīnīs
Vocative clandestīne clandestīna clandestīnum clandestīnī clandestīnae clandestīna

Descendants

References
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 117: “clam”
  • “clandestinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “clandestinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • clandestinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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