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arcanus
arcanus
Latin
Adjective
arcānus m (feminine arcāna, neuter arcānum); first/second declension
- hidden, secret, private, mysterious
- intimate, personal, confidential
- trustworthy (to keep a secret)
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | arcānus | arcāna | arcānum | arcānī | arcānae | arcāna | |
| genitive | arcānī | arcānae | arcānī | arcānōrum | arcānārum | arcānōrum | |
| dative | arcānō | arcānō | arcānīs | ||||
| accusative | arcānum | arcānam | arcānum | arcānōs | arcānās | arcāna | |
| ablative | arcānō | arcānā | arcānō | arcānīs | |||
| vocative | arcāne | arcāna | arcānum | arcānī | arcānae | arcāna | |
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Descendants
References
- arcanus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- arcanus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “arcanus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be present at secret consultations: consiliis arcanis interesse (Liv. 35. 18)
- to be present at secret consultations: consiliis arcanis interesse (Liv. 35. 18)