ancianus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from the Italian reflexes of Vulgar Latin *anteānus. Perhaps first attested in the Annales ianuenses (entry for 1230[1]).

Noun

anciānus m (genitive anciānī); second declension (Medieval Latin, Italy, chiefly in the plural)

  1. a high-ranking city official
  2. a military or naval commander
  3. a overseer of a monastery
  4. the elders of the Albigeois sect

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative anciānus anciānī
Genitive anciānī anciānōrum
Dative anciānō anciānīs
Accusative anciānum anciānōs
Ablative anciānō anciānīs
Vocative anciāne anciānī

References

  • ancianus in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “ancianus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 42
  1. ^ Imperiale di Sant' Angelo, Cesare. 1923. Annali Genovesi di Caffaro e de' suoi continuatuori dal MCCXV al MCCL, vol. III. Rome: ISI. Page 49.

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