subterraneus
Latin
Etymology
Derived from sub- + terra (“earth, ground”) + -āneus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sup.terˈraː.ne.us/, [sʊp.tɛrˈraː.ne.ʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sup.terˈra.ne.us/, [sup.terˈraː.ne.us]
Adjective
subterrāneus (feminine subterrānea, neuter subterrāneum); first/second declension
- underground, subterranean
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | subterrāneus | subterrānea | subterrāneum | subterrāneī | subterrāneae | subterrānea | |
| Genitive | subterrāneī | subterrāneae | subterrāneī | subterrāneōrum | subterrāneārum | subterrāneōrum | |
| Dative | subterrāneō | subterrāneae | subterrāneō | subterrāneīs | subterrāneīs | subterrāneīs | |
| Accusative | subterrāneum | subterrāneam | subterrāneum | subterrāneōs | subterrāneās | subterrānea | |
| Ablative | subterrāneō | subterrāneā | subterrāneō | subterrāneīs | subterrāneīs | subterrāneīs | |
| Vocative | subterrānee | subterrānea | subterrāneum | subterrāneī | subterrāneae | subterrānea | |
Descendants
- Catalan: subterrani
- English: subterranean
- French: souterrain
- Italian: sotterraneo
- Occitan: sosterran
- Portuguese: subterrâneo
- Romanian: subteran
- Sicilian: suttirràniu
- Spanish: subterráneo
References
- subterraneus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- subterraneus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- subterraneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette