americanus

americanus

Latin

Etymology

From America.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.me.riˈkaː.nus/, [a.mɛ.rɪˈkaː.nʊs]

Adjective

americānus (feminine americāna, neuter americānum); first/second declension

1. American; of or pertaining to America (i.e. the Americas)
   • 1723, Gervas Ludovicus Nicolaus de Oskierka, Theses ex universa philosophia quas ad majorem Dei gloriam & magnae Dei Matris Virginis Mariae honorem praeside R. P. Marquardo Rotenhan Societ. Jesu, Heidelberga (Heidelberg), section Continuatio globi terra quei in suas partes divisi, p.13:

     America in ſeptentrionalem, Auſtralem & Insulas Americanas diſtribuitur.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	americānus	americāna	americānum		americānī	americānae	americāna
Genitive	americānī	americānae	americānī		americānōrum	americānārum	americānōrum
Dative	americānō	americānae	americānō		americānīs	americānīs	americānīs
Accusative	americānum	americānam	americānum		americānōs	americānās	americāna
Ablative	americānō	americānā	americānō		americānīs	americānīs	americānīs
Vocative	americāne	americāna	americānum		americānī	americānae	americāna