Saracenus

Latin

Alternative forms

Sarracēnus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σᾰρᾰκηνός (Sarakēnós).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /sa.raˈkeː.nus/, [sa.raˈkeː.nʊs]

Noun

Saracēnus m (genitive Saracēnī); second declension

(Late Latin) Saracen

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Saracēnus	Saracēnī
Genitive	Saracēnī	Saracēnōrum
Dative	Saracēnō	Saracēnīs
Accusative	Saracēnum	Saracēnōs
Ablative	Saracēnō	Saracēnīs
Vocative	Saracēne	Saracēnī

Derived terms

saracēnātus
Saracēnismus / Sarracēnismus
Sarracēnigena

Descendants

→ Old English: Sarocine, Sarracene
Old French: Sarazin, Sarrazin
- Middle French: Sarrazin
  - French: Sarrasin
- → Middle English: Sarezin, Sarrezin
  - English: Saracen
Italian: Saracino
Spanish: Saraceno
Galician: sarraceno
Portuguese: sarraceno

References

Saracēni in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Sarracēni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “1,393/2”

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