LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

montānus1

montānus (feminine montāna, neuter montānum)
Classical[mɔnˈtaː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[monˈtaː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivesituated among, or built in, the mountains
  2. adjectivedwelling in the mountains, mountaineer
  3. adjectivemountainous

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quī in montibus habitat
mountain-dwelling
montānus -a -um — in De Bello Gallico I, ch. 7

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemontānusmontānamontānum
genitivemontānīmontānaemontānī
dativemontānōmontānaemontānō
accusativemontānummontānammontānum
ablativemontānōmontānāmontānō
vocativemontānemontānamontānum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemontānīmontānaemontāna
genitivemontānōrummontānārummontānōrum
dativemontānīsmontānīsmontānīs
accusativemontānōsmontānāsmontāna
ablativemontānīsmontānīsmontānīs
vocativemontānīmontānaemontāna

montānus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. of or belonging to a mountain, mountain-; full of mountains, mountainous (class.): locus montanus an planus, Quint. 5, 10, 37: ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 6: flumen, Verg. A. 2, 305: cacumina, i. e. montium, Ov. M. 1, 310: oppida, on a mountain, Plin. 5, 27, 28, § 100: loca montana et aspera, Liv. 39, 1, 5: Ligures, dwelling in the mountains, Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95: homines asperi et montani, Caes. B. C. 1, 57, 3: uxor, Juv. 6, 5: vulgus, id. 2, 74: Dalmatia, mountainous, Ov. P. 2, 2, 78.—Subst.: Montāni, ōrum, m., mountaineers, Caes. B. C. 1, 39, 2.—Mon-tāna, ōrum, n., mountainous regions: inter montana, Liv. 21, 34; Vulg. Deut. 1, 7; id. Luc. 1, 39.

Origins

From mōns (“mountain”) + -ānus (“of, pertaining to”, suffix forming an adjective).

Elsewhere
  • Catalanmontà
  • Englishmontane
  • Portuguesemontano
  • Romanianmontan
  • Spanishmontano
Italo-Romance
  • Italianmontano
  • Sicilianmuntanu
proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Montānus2
Montānus m sg (genitive Montānī)
Classical[mɔnˈtaː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[monˈtaː.nus]

Meaning

  1. Votienus Montanus, a Roman poet
  2. Montanus, the founder of Montanism, a Christian sect

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeMontānus—
genitiveMontānī—
dativeMontānō—
accusativeMontānum—
ablativeMontānō—
vocativeMontāne—

Montānus, i, m.,
I. a Roman surname.
I. Curtius Montanus, a favorite of the emperor Tiberius, Tac. A. 16, 28 sq.; id. H. 4, 42; Ov. P. 4, 16, 11; Juv. 4, 107; 131. —
II. Votienus Montanus, an orator of the reign of Tiberius, Tac. A. 4, 42; Sen. Contr. 4, 24, 3.—Hence, adj.: Montānĭānus, a, um, belonging to the orator Montanus, Sen. Contr. 4, 28, 17.

Origins

From montānus.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyMontanusMontanus. CU'RTIUS, was accused by Eprius Marcellus in A. D. 67 of libelling Nero. The charge was disproved, but Montanus was exiled. At his father's …

Quick answers

What does montānus mean in Latin?
montānus, a adjective, means “situated among, or built in, the mountains; dwelling in the mountains, mountaineer; mountainous”.
How do you pronounce montānus?
In classical Latin, [mɔnˈtaː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [monˈtaː.nus].