adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
mundānus
mundānus (feminine mundāna, neuter mundānum)
Classical[mʊnˈdaː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[munˈdaː.nus]
Meaning
- adjectiveworldly, mundane
- adjectivecosmopolitan
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mundānus | mundāna | mundānum |
| genitive | mundānī | mundānae | mundānī |
| dative | mundānō | mundānae | mundānō |
| accusative | mundānum | mundānam | mundānum |
| ablative | mundānō | mundānā | mundānō |
| vocative | mundāne | mundāna | mundānum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mundānī | mundānae | mundāna |
| genitive | mundānōrum | mundānārum | mundānōrum |
| dative | mundānīs | mundānīs | mundānīs |
| accusative | mundānōs | mundānās | mundāna |
| ablative | mundānīs | mundānīs | mundānīs |
| vocative | mundānī | mundānae | mundāna |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- mundanus, mundi civis et incola (Tusc. 5. 37)
- a citizen of the world; cosmopolitan.
mundānus, a, um, adj. 2. mundus,
I. of or belonging to the world, mundane.
I. Adj. (late Lat.):
anima mundana, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 16: annus, a year of the world, mundane year, consisting of fifteen thousand years, id. ib. 2, 11: ora, i. e. caelestis, Avien. Arat. 216.—II. Subst.: mun-dānus, i, m., an inhabitant of the world, a cosmopolite, as translation of κόσμος, = mundi incola et civis, Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 108.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mundānus ī, m
2 mundus, a citizen of the world, cosmopolite .
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin mundānus From mundus + -ānus.
Descendants
- Catalanmundà
- Englishmundanefrom Old French mondain
- Frenchmondainfrom Old French mondain
- Germanmondänfrom Old French mondain
- Italianmondano
- Portuguesemundano
- Romanianmundan
- Spanishmundano
- Turkishmondenfrom Old French mondain