Calenus
See also: cālēnus
Latin
Etymology
From Calēs (name of a town) + -nus (“-an”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈɫeː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈlɛː.nus]
Adjective
Calēnus (feminine Calēna, neuter Calēnum); first/second-declension adjective
- of, or from, Cales
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | Calēnus | Calēna | Calēnum | Calēnī | Calēnae | Calēna | |
| genitive | Calēnī | Calēnae | Calēnī | Calēnōrum | Calēnārum | Calēnōrum | |
| dative | Calēnō | Calēnae | Calēnō | Calēnīs | |||
| accusative | Calēnum | Calēnam | Calēnum | Calēnōs | Calēnās | Calēna | |
| ablative | Calēnō | Calēnā | Calēnō | Calēnīs | |||
| vocative | Calēne | Calēna | Calēnum | Calēnī | Calēnae | Calēna | |
Proper noun
Calēnus m (genitive Calēnī); second declension
- a Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Quintus Fufius Calenus, a Roman politician
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Calēnus | Calēnī |
| genitive | Calēnī | Calēnōrum |
| dative | Calēnō | Calēnīs |
| accusative | Calēnum | Calēnōs |
| ablative | Calēnō | Calēnīs |
| vocative | Calēne | Calēnī |
References
- “Calenum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Calenus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.