publicanus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /puː.bliˈkaː.nus/, [puːblʲɪˈkäːnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pu.bliˈka.nus/, [publiˈkäːnus]
Adjective
pūblicānus (feminine pūblicāna, neuter pūblicānum); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational) public revenue
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | pūblicānus | pūblicāna | pūblicānum | pūblicānī | pūblicānae | pūblicāna | |
| Genitive | pūblicānī | pūblicānae | pūblicānī | pūblicānōrum | pūblicānārum | pūblicānōrum | |
| Dative | pūblicānō | pūblicānō | pūblicānīs | ||||
| Accusative | pūblicānum | pūblicānam | pūblicānum | pūblicānōs | pūblicānās | pūblicāna | |
| Ablative | pūblicānō | pūblicānā | pūblicānō | pūblicānīs | |||
| Vocative | pūblicāne | pūblicāna | pūblicānum | pūblicānī | pūblicānae | pūblicāna | |
Noun
pūblicānus m (genitive pūblicānī); second declension
- tax collector
- publican
- (Medieval Latin, by conflation) Paulician
- Synonym: Pauliciānus
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pūblicānus | pūblicānī |
| Genitive | pūblicānī | pūblicānōrum |
| Dative | pūblicānō | pūblicānīs |
| Accusative | pūblicānum | pūblicānōs |
| Ablative | pūblicānō | pūblicānīs |
| Vocative | pūblicāne | pūblicānī |
References
- “publicanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “publicanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- publicanus 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)
- publicanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette