conterraneus
Latin
Etymology
From con- (“with, together”) + terra (“land, country”) + -āneus (“-aneous”, adjectival suffix for relationship).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.terˈraː.ne.us/, [kɔn̪t̪ɛrˈräːneʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.terˈra.ne.us/, [kon̪t̪erˈräːneus]
Noun
conterrāneus m (genitive conterrāneī); second declension (nominalized)
- fellow countryman
- Synonym: congerrō
Inflection
Second-declension noun.
Related terms
- atterrāneus
- exterrāneus
- mediterrāneus
- subterrāneus
Descendants
- → Italian: conterraneo
- → Portuguese: conterrâneo
References
- “conterraneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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