clandestinus

Latin

Etymology

From an earlier adverb *clam-de (“secretly”) (from clam and -de, also seen in unde, etc.), to which the suffix -stīnus was added.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /klan.desˈtiː.nus/, [kɫan.dɛsˈtiː.nʊs]

Adjective

clandestīnus (feminine clandestīna, neuter clandestīnum); first/second declension

  1. clandestine, secret, concealed

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative clandestīnus clandestīna clandestīnum clandestīnī clandestīnae clandestīna
Genitive clandestīnī clandestīnae clandestīnī clandestīnōrum clandestīnārum clandestīnōrum
Dative clandestīnō clandestīnae clandestīnō clandestīnīs clandestīnīs clandestīnīs
Accusative clandestīnum clandestīnam clandestīnum clandestīnōs clandestīnās clandestīna
Ablative clandestīnō clandestīnā clandestīnō clandestīnīs clandestīnīs clandestīnīs
Vocative clandestīne clandestīna clandestīnum clandestīnī clandestīnae clandestīna

Descendants

References
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 117: “clam”
  • clandestinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • clandestinus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • clandestinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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