montanus

See also: Montanus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative montānus montāna montānum montānī montānae montāna
Genitive montānī montānae montānī montānōrum montānārum montānōrum
Dative montānō 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)

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
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