adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
clandestīnus
clandestīnus (feminine clandestīna, neuter clandestīnum)
Classical[kɫan.dɛsˈtiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[klan.desˈtiː.nus]
clandestīnō sg. dat. m.; sg. dat. n.; sg. abl. m.; sg. abl. n.
Meaning
- adjectiveclandestine, secret, concealed
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
secret
clandestīnus -a -um — in De Bello Gallico II
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | clandestīnus | clandestīna | clandestīnum |
| genitive | clandestīnī | clandestīnae | clandestīnī |
| dative | clandestīnō | clandestīnae | clandestīnō |
| accusative | clandestīnum | clandestīnam | clandestīnum |
| ablative | clandestīnō | clandestīnā | clandestīnō |
| vocative | clandestīne | clandestīna | clandestīnum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | clandestīnī | clandestīnae | clandestīna |
| genitive | clandestīnōrum | clandestīnārum | clandestīnōrum |
| dative | clandestīnīs | clandestīnīs | clandestīnīs |
| accusative | clandestīnōs | clandestīnās | clandestīna |
| ablative | clandestīnīs | clandestīnīs | clandestīnīs |
| vocative | clandestīnī | clandestīnae | clandestīna |
clandestīnus, a, um, adj. for clamdies-tinus; cf. matutinus; v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, p. 461 sq.,
I. secret, hidden, concealed, clandestine (class. in prose and poetry):
suspitio, Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 28: nuptiae, id. Cas. 5, 3, 6: natura, Lucr. 1, 779: motus materiaï, id. 2, 127: scelere, Cic. Sull. 11, 33; cf. Liv. 42, 18, 1: introitus, Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81; cf. Suet. Ner. 48: colloquia cum hostibus, Cic. Sen. 12, 40: consilia, Crassus ap. Cic. Or. 66, 223; Caes. B. G. 7, 1; cf. Liv. 42, 24, 3: nuntiis legationibusque, Caes. B. G. 7, 64: fuga, Auct. B. G. 8, 33: foedus, Liv. 3, 36, 9; Sil. 7, 267: denuntiatio, Liv. 4, 36, 3: coetus, Tac. A. 2, 40; 4, 27.—Adv.: clandestīnō, secretly; only Lucil. ap. Non. p. 38, 19, and Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 10.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
clandestīnus adj.
clam, secret, hidden, concealed, clandestine: scelus: nuntii legationesque, Cs.: foedus, L.: colloquia cum hostibus.
Origins
From an earlier adverb *clam-de (“secretly”) (from clam and *-de, also seen in unde, etc.), converted to an adjective by analogy to intestīnus.
Descendants
- Catalanclandestí
- Englishclandestine
- Frenchclandestin
- Germanklandestin
- Italianclandestino
- Portugueseclandestino
- Romanianclandestin
- Spanishclandestino
In English words that came into English from clandestīnus
- clandestineclandestīnus