arcanum

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English

Etymology

Latin arcānum

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑɹˈkeɪnəm/, /ɑɹˈkɑːnəm/

Noun

arcanum (plural arcana or arcanums)

  1. A mystery or deep secret.
  2. An elixir or secret remedy.

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Latin

Noun

arcānum n (genitive arcānī); second declension

  1. secret or mystery

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative arcānum arcāna
Genitive arcānī arcānōrum
Dative arcānō arcānīs
Accusative arcānum arcāna
Ablative arcānō arcānīs
Vocative arcānum arcāna

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Descendants

  • English: arcane
  • French: arcane
  • Italian: arcano
  • → Portuguese: arcano
  • Romanian: arcan
  • Spanish: arcano

References

  • arcanum 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)
  • “arcanum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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