Christianus
See also: christianus
Latin
Alternative forms
- Chrēstiānus (used by non-Christians in the Empire, pejoratively replacing Χρῑστός (Khrīstós) with the common name Χρηστός (Khrēstós); scorned by Tertullian)
- chrīstiānus (letter-case)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʰriːs.tiˈaː.nus/, [kʰriːs̠t̪iˈäːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kris.tiˈa.nus/, [krist̪iˈäːnus]
Adjective
Chrīstiānus (feminine Chrīstiāna, neuter Chrīstiānum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Chrīstiānus | Chrīstiāna | Chrīstiānum | Chrīstiānī | Chrīstiānae | Chrīstiāna | |
| Genitive | Chrīstiānī | Chrīstiānae | Chrīstiānī | Chrīstiānōrum | Chrīstiānārum | Chrīstiānōrum | |
| Dative | Chrīstiānō | Chrīstiānō | Chrīstiānīs | ||||
| Accusative | Chrīstiānum | Chrīstiānam | Chrīstiānum | Chrīstiānōs | Chrīstiānās | Chrīstiāna | |
| Ablative | Chrīstiānō | Chrīstiānā | Chrīstiānō | Chrīstiānīs | |||
| Vocative | Chrīstiāne | Chrīstiāna | Chrīstiānum | Chrīstiānī | Chrīstiānae | Chrīstiāna | |
Derived terms
- Chrīstiānismus
- Chrīstiānitās
Related terms
Descendants
Many reflect the alternative form Chrēstianus.
- Ancient Greek: Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós)
- → Albanian: krishterë
- Aromanian: crishtin, crãshtin
- Asturian: cristianu
- Catalan: cristià
- Dalmatian: cristiúṅ[1]
- → Old Dutch: cristīn
- → Old East Slavic: крьстьꙗнинъ (krĭstĭjaninŭ)
- Russian: крестьянин (krestʹjanin)
- → English: Christian
- →⇒ Finnish: kristitty
- Old French: crestien, christian
- Friulian: cristian
- Galician: cristián
- Italian: cristiano
- → Marshallese: Kūrjin
- Neapolitan: crestiano
- Norman: Chrêtchien
- Occitan: crestian
- Old Galician-Portuguese: crischão, creschão
- Portuguese: cristão
- Romanian: creștin
- Romansch: carstgaun, carstgàn
- Sardinian: criltianu, cristianu
- Sicilian: cristianu
- Old Spanish: christiano
- Spanish: cristiano
- Venetian: cristian, crestian
- Walloon: crustin
- → Welsh: Cristion
Noun
Chrīstiānus m sg (genitive Chrīstiānī, feminine Chrīstiāna); second declension
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | |
| Nominative | Chrīstiānus | Chrīstiāna | Chrīstiānī | Chrīstiānae | |
| Genitive | Chrīstiānī | Chrīstiānae | Chrīstiānōrum | Chrīstiānārum | |
| Dative | Chrīstiānō | Chrīstiānīs | Chrīstiānīs | ||
| Accusative | Chrīstiānum | Chrīstiānam | Chrīstiānōs | Chrīstiānās | |
| Ablative | Chrīstiānō | Chrīstiānā | Chrīstiānīs | Chrīstiānīs | |
| Vocative | Chrīstiāne | Chrīstiāna | Chrīstiānī | Chrīstiānae | |
References
- Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000
- “Christianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Christianus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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