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Latin
Etymology
From mōns (“mountain”) + -ānus (“of, pertaining to”, suffix forming an adjective).
Pronunciation
Adjective
montānus (feminine montāna, neuter montānum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to a mountain, especially—
- situated among, or built in, the mountains
- dwelling in the mountains, mountaineer
- mountainous
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “montanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “montanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- montanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “montanus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “montanus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray