proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Ottomānus
Ottomānus m sg (genitive Ottomānī)
Classical[ɔt.tɔˈmaː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ot.toˈmaː.nus]
Meaning
- New LatinOsman I (d. 1323/4), founder of the Ottoman Empire
Doppò questo Solimano per molti anni gli Turchi non hebbero capo ſegnalato, del qual' se n'habbia memoria, Cominciò circha al. 1300. De la Natiuità di Chriſto hauer' nome, forze & reputatione, Ottoman' figliuolo di Zich […]
After this Suleiman [died], the Turks had no known single ruler for many years. Around the year of our Lord 1300 a certain Osman son of Cık rose to fame and power […]1537, Francesco Negri, Turcicarum rerum commentarius, translation of Comentario de le cose de' Turchi by Paolo Giovio (in Italian):
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ottomānus | — |
| genitive | Ottomānī | — |
| dative | Ottomānō | — |
| accusative | Ottomānum | — |
| ablative | Ottomānō | — |
| vocative | Ottomāne | — |
Origins
Borrowed from Italian Ottomano, from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān).
Descendants
- GermanOttomanus
- RussianОттома́н