urbanus

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See also: Urbanus and urbánus

Latin

Etymology

From urbs (city) +‎ -ānus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

urbānus (feminine urbāna, neuter urbānum, comparative urbānior, superlative urbānissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or belonging to a city; urban
  2. fond of, or devoted to cities
  3. (of manners or style) cultivated, sophisticated, polished, refined
  4. (of manners or style) bold, forward, impudent
  5. (of speech) elegant, refined, choice

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative urbānus urbāna urbānum urbānī urbānae urbāna
genitive urbānī urbānae urbānī urbānōrum urbānārum urbānōrum
dative urbānō urbānae urbānō urbānīs
accusative urbānum urbānam urbānum urbānōs urbānās urbāna
ablative urbānō urbānā urbānō urbānīs
vocative urbāne urbāna urbānum urbānī urbānae urbāna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: urbà
  • English: urban, urbane
  • French: urbain
  • Galician: urbano
  • Italian: urbano
  • Piedmontese: urban
  • Portuguese: urbano
  • Romanian: urban
  • Spanish: urbano

Noun

urbānus m (genitive urbānī); second declension

  1. a city dweller, citizen

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

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