cotidianus

cotidianus

Latin

Alternative forms

• cottīdiānus, quotīdiānus

Etymology

cotīdiē +‎ -ānus

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ko.tiː.diˈaː.nus/, [kɔt̪iːd̪iˈäːnʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.ti.diˈa.nus/, [kot̪id̪iˈäːnus]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koː.tiː.diˈaː.nus/, [koːt̪iːd̪iˈäːnʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.ti.diˈa.nus/, [kot̪id̪iˈäːnus]
• Possibly attested with both short and long o, certainly with short o at least. See the quotations from Martial below.

Adjective

cōtīdiānus or cŏtīdiānus (feminine cō̆tīdiāna, neuter cō̆tīdiānum); first/second-declension adjective

1. daily, everyday, quotidian
   • 38 CE – 104 CE, Martial, Epigrams 4.37, (meter: choliamb, in a poem where every line begins with a heavy syllable):

     Cōtīdiānam refice nauseam nummīs

   • 38 CE – 104 CE, Martial, Epigrams 10.65, (meter: hendecasyllable):

     Lēvis drōpace tū cotīdiānō

2. ordinary, pedestrian

   Synonyms: sollemnis, ūsuālis, ōrdinārius

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cō̆tīdiānus	cō̆tīdiāna	cō̆tīdiānum		cō̆tīdiānī	cō̆tīdiānae	cō̆tīdiāna
Genitive	cō̆tīdiānī	cō̆tīdiānae	cō̆tīdiānī		cō̆tīdiānōrum	cō̆tīdiānārum	cō̆tīdiānōrum
Dative	cō̆tīdiānō		cō̆tīdiānō		cō̆tīdiānīs
Accusative	cō̆tīdiānum	cō̆tīdiānam	cō̆tīdiānum		cō̆tīdiānōs	cō̆tīdiānās	cō̆tīdiāna
Ablative	cō̆tīdiānō	cō̆tīdiānā	cō̆tīdiānō		cō̆tīdiānīs
Vocative	cō̆tīdiāne	cō̆tīdiāna	cō̆tīdiānum		cō̆tīdiānī	cō̆tīdiānae	cō̆tīdiāna

Synonyms

• (daily, everyday, quotidian): amphēmerinos (Grecian)

Descendants

See cottidianus and quotidianus.

References

• “cotidianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cotidianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cotidianus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to adopt the language of everyday life: accedere ad cotidiani sermonis genus
    
  • the ordinary usage of language, everyday speech: cotidiani sermonis usus
    
  • the ordinary usage of language, everyday speech: sermo familiaris et cotidianus
    
  • daily bread: victus cotidianus
    
  • his means suffice to defray daily expenses: copiae cotidianis sumptibus suppetunt (vid. sect. IV. 2, note suppeditare...)
    
  • conversational language: sermo cotidianus, or simply sermo