extraneus

extraneus

Latin

Etymology

    From extrā (outside) + -āneus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    extrāneus (feminine extrānea, neuter extrāneum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. foreign
    2. strange

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative extrāneus extrānea extrāneum extrāneī extrāneae extrānea
    genitive extrāneī extrāneae extrāneī extrāneōrum extrāneārum extrāneōrum
    dative extrāneō extrāneae extrāneō extrāneīs
    accusative extrāneum extrāneam extrāneum extrāneōs extrāneās extrānea
    ablative extrāneō extrāneā extrāneō extrāneīs
    vocative extrānee extrānea extrāneum extrāneī extrāneae extrānea

    Noun

    extrāneus m (genitive extrāneī); second declension

    1. foreigner
    2. stranger; outsider
      • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.27.2:
        Laudet tē aliēnus, et nōn os tuum: extrāneus, et nōn labia tua.
        • 1752 translation by Douay-Rheims, Challoner rev.
          Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    Descendants

    References

    • extraneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • extraneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "extraneus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • extraneus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.