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americanus

americanus

Latin

Adjective

americānus m (feminine americāna, neuter americānum); first/second declension

  1. American; of or pertaining to America (i.e. the Americas)
    • 1723, Gervas Ludovicus Nicolaus de Oskierka, Theses ex universa philosophia quas ad majorem Dei gloriam & magnae Dei Matris Virginis Mariae honorem praeside R. P. Marquardo Rotenhan Societ. Jesu, Heidelberga (Heidelberg), section Continuatio globi terra quei in suas partes divisi, p.13:
      America in ſeptentrionalem, Auſtralem & Insulas Americanas diſtribuitur.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative americānus americāna americānum americānī americānae americāna
genitive americānī americānae americānī americānōrum americānārum americānōrum
dative americānō americānō americānīs
accusative americānum americānam americānum americānōs americānās americāna
ablative americānō americānā americānō americānīs
vocative americāne americāna americānum americānī americānae americāna