Alanus

Latin

Etymology

Unclear origin. Maybe from a Celtic language, Latinization of the name of Breton saints, cognate with English Alan and French Alain; or maybe from the Latin adjective Alanus/Alana (“member of the Alan people”).[1]

Another etymology ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-Iranian root *áryas, cognate with Iran, Aryan and other terms.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈlaː.nus/, [aˈɫaː.nʊs]

Adjective

Alānus (feminine Alāna, neuter Alānum); first/second declension

  1. of or pertaining to the Alan tribe.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative Alānus Alāna Alānum Alānī Alānae Alāna
Genitive Alānī Alānae Alānī Alānōrum Alānārum Alānōrum
Dative Alānō Alānae Alānō Alānīs Alānīs Alānīs
Accusative Alānum Alānam Alānum Alānōs Alānās Alāna
Ablative Alānō Alānā Alānō Alānīs Alānīs Alānīs
Vocative Alāne Alāna Alānum Alānī Alānae Alāna

Noun

Alānus m (genitive Alānī); second declension

  1. a member of the Alan tribe.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Alānus Alānī
Genitive Alānī Alānōrum
Dative Alānō Alānīs
Accusative Alānum Alānōs
Ablative Alānō Alānīs
Vocative Alāne Alānī

Proper noun

Alānus m (genitive Alānī); second declension

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Alan; the male variant of Alana.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Alānus Alānī
Genitive Alānī Alānōrum
Dative Alānō Alānīs
Accusative Alānum Alānōs
Ablative Alānō Alānīs
Vocative Alāne Alānī

Descendants

See also

References

Alanus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

  • Alanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. Alano; in: Roberto Faure, Diccionario de nombres propios, 2007, →ISBN
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