montanus

See also: Montanus

Latin

Etymology

From mōns (“mountain”) + -ānus (“of, pertaining to”, suffix forming an adjective).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /monˈtaː.nus/, [mɔn̪ˈt̪äːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /monˈta.nus/, [mon̪ˈt̪äːnus]

Adjective

montānus (feminine montāna, neuter montānum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to a mountain, especially—
   1. situated among, or built in, the mountains
   2. dwelling in the mountains, mountaineer
   3. mountainous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	montānus	montāna	montānum		montānī	montānae	montāna
genitive	montānī	montānae	montānī		montānōrum	montānārum	montānōrum
dative	montānō	montānae	montānō		montānīs
accusative	montānum	montānam	montānum		montānōs	montānās	montāna
ablative	montānō	montānā	montānō		montānīs
vocative	montāne	montāna	montānum		montānī	montānae	montāna

Derived terms

• montania (see there for further descendants)
• montāniōsus (“mountainous”, adjective)
• submontānus (“under the mountain”, adjective)
• trānsmontānus (“beyond the mountains”, adjective)
• ultramontānus (“ultramontane”, adjective)

Related terms

• monticola (“mountain inhabitant”, noun)

Descendants

• Catalan: montà
• → English: montane
• Italian: montano
• → Portuguese: montano
• Romanian: montan
• Sicilian: muntanu
• Spanish: montano

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