arcanus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk-. Cognates include Latin arca (“chest, box”), arceō (“I defend”), arx (“fortress”), arcera (“kind of wagon”), Old Armenian արգել (argel, “obstacle”) and Ancient Greek ἀρκέω (arkéō).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /arˈkaː.nus/, [ärˈkäːnʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /arˈka.nus/, [ärˈkäːnus]
Adjective
arcānus (feminine arcāna, neuter arcānum); first/second-declension adjective
- hidden, secret, private, mysterious
- Synonyms: obscūrus, secretus, occultus, clandestinus, perobscūrus
- Antonyms: conspicuus, manifestus
- intimate, personal, confidential
- trustworthy (to keep a secret)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | arcānus | arcāna | arcānum | arcānī | arcānae | arcāna | |
| Genitive | arcānī | arcānae | arcānī | arcānōrum | arcānārum | arcānōrum | |
| Dative | arcānō | arcānō | arcānīs | ||||
| Accusative | arcānum | arcānam | arcānum | arcānōs | arcānās | arcāna | |
| Ablative | arcānō | arcānā | arcānō | arcānīs | |||
| Vocative | arcāne | arcāna | arcānum | arcānī | arcānae | arcāna | |
Related terms
- arcānum
- arceō
- arx
Descendants
- Catalan: arcà
- English: arcane
- → Galician: arcano
- Italian: arcano
- → Portuguese: arcano
- Sicilian: arcanu
- Spanish: arcano
References
- “arcanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “arcanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- arcanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be present at secret consultations: consiliis arcanis interesse (Liv. 35. 18)
- to be present at secret consultations: consiliis arcanis interesse (Liv. 35. 18)