modernus
Latin
Etymology
From modo (“just now”) + -rnus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /moˈder.nus/, [mɔˈd̪ɛrnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /moˈder.nus/, [moˈd̪ɛrnus]
Adjective
modernus (feminine moderna, neuter modernum); first/second-declension adjective
- (post-Classical) modern
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | modernus | moderna | modernum | modernī | modernae | moderna | |
Genitive | modernī | modernae | modernī | modernōrum | modernārum | modernōrum | |
Dative | modernō | modernō | modernīs | ||||
Accusative | modernum | modernam | modernum | modernōs | modernās | moderna | |
Ablative | modernō | modernā | modernō | modernīs | |||
Vocative | moderne | moderna | modernum | modernī | modernae | moderna |
Descendants
- → Catalan: modern
- → English: modern
- → French: moderne
- → German: modern
- → Italian: moderno
- → Portuguese: moderno
- → Romanian: modern
- → Spanish: moderno
References
- “modernus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- modernus 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)
- modernus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- modernus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Latvian
Adjective
modernus
- accusative plural masculine form of moderns