sultanus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowing from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān). Attested from the 12th century in the form soldanus as a title of Saladin.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sultanus | sultanī |
| Genitive | sultanī | sultanōrum |
| Dative | sultanō | sultanīs |
| Accusative | sultanum | sultanōs |
| Ablative | sultanō | sultanīs |
| Vocative | sultane | sultanī |
Derived terms
References
- sultanus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “sultanus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1004
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