Vaticanus

See also: vaticanus

Latin
The Papal flag

Etymology

From vāticinor (“I prophesy”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯aː.tiːˈkaː.nus/, [u̯äːt̪iːˈkäːnʊs̠] or IPA(key): /u̯aː.tiˈkaː.nus/, [u̯äːt̪ɪˈkäːnʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /va.tiˈka.nus/, [vät̪iˈkäːnus]

Proper noun

Vātī̆cānus m (genitive Vātī̆cānī); second declension

  1. The Vatican, a hill in Rome, Italy
  2. Vatican City, the small state forming the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church
  3. The papacy, the government of the state and Catholic Church
  4. (Roman mythology) Alternative form of Vagitanus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Vātī̆cānus
Genitive Vātī̆cānī
Dative Vātī̆cānō
Accusative Vātī̆cānum
Ablative Vātī̆cānō
Vocative Vātī̆cāne
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