publicanus

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Latin

Etymology

From pūblicus +‎ -ānus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

pūblicānus (feminine pūblicāna, neuter pūblicānum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) public revenue

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative pūblicānus pūblicāna pūblicānum pūblicānī pūblicānae pūblicāna
Genitive pūblicānī pūblicānae pūblicānī pūblicānōrum pūblicānārum pūblicānōrum
Dative pūblicānō pūblicānō pūblicānīs
Accusative pūblicānum pūblicānam pūblicānum pūblicānōs pūblicānās pūblicāna
Ablative pūblicānō pūblicānā pūblicānō pūblicānīs
Vocative pūblicāne pūblicāna pūblicānum pūblicānī pūblicānae pūblicāna

Noun

pūblicānus m (genitive pūblicānī); second declension

  1. tax collector
  2. publican
  3. (Medieval Latin, by conflation) Paulician
    Synonym: Pauliciānus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pūblicānus pūblicānī
Genitive pūblicānī pūblicānōrum
Dative pūblicānō pūblicānīs
Accusative pūblicānum pūblicānōs
Ablative pūblicānō pūblicānīs
Vocative pūblicāne pūblicānī

References

  • “publicanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “publicanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • publicanus 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)
  • publicanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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