Saracenus
Latin
Alternative forms
- Sarracēnus
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σᾰρᾰκηνός (Sarakēnós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sa.raˈkeː.nus/, [sa.raˈkeː.nʊs]
Noun
Saracēnus m (genitive Saracēnī); second declension
- (Late Latin) Saracen
Declension
Second declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Saracēnus | Saracēnī |
Genitive | Saracēnī | Saracēnōrum |
Dative | Saracēnō | Saracēnīs |
Accusative | Saracēnum | Saracēnōs |
Ablative | Saracēnō | Saracēnīs |
Vocative | Saracēne | Saracēnī |
Derived terms
- saracēnātus
- Saracēnismus / Sarracēnismus
- Sarracēnigena
Descendants
- → Old English: Sarocine, Sarracene
- Old French: Sarazin, Sarrazin
- Middle French: Sarrazin
- French: Sarrasin
- → Middle English: Sarezin, Sarrezin
- English: Saracen
- Middle French: Sarrazin
- Italian: Saracino
- Spanish: Saraceno
- Galician: sarraceno
- Portuguese: sarraceno
References
- Saracēni in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sarracēni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “1,393/2”