subterraneus

Latin

Etymology

Derived from sub- + terra (earth, ground) + -āneus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

subterrāneus (feminine subterrānea, neuter subterrāneum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. underground, subterranean

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative subterrāneus subterrānea subterrāneum subterrāneī subterrāneae subterrānea
Genitive subterrāneī subterrāneae subterrāneī subterrāneōrum subterrāneārum subterrāneōrum
Dative subterrāneō subterrāneō subterrāneīs
Accusative subterrāneum subterrāneam subterrāneum subterrāneōs subterrāneās subterrānea
Ablative subterrāneō subterrāneā subterrāneō subterrāneīs
Vocative subterrānee subterrānea subterrāneum subterrāneī subterrāneae subterrānea

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: sotterraneo
    • Sicilian: suttirràniu
  • Padanian:
    • Piedmontese: soterani
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
    • Aragonese: sotarrano, sotarraño, soterrano, sotorrano
    • Catalan: soterrani
    • Occitan: sosterranh
      Gascon: sosterran
  • Borrowings:

References

  • subterraneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • subterraneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • subterraneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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