LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

subterrāneus

subterrāneus (feminine subterrānea, neuter subterrāneum)
Classical[sʊp.tɛrˈraː.ne.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[sub.terˈraː.ne.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveunderground, subterranean

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesubterrāneussubterrāneasubterrāneum
genitivesubterrāneīsubterrāneaesubterrāneī
dativesubterrāneōsubterrāneaesubterrāneō
accusativesubterrāneumsubterrāneamsubterrāneum
ablativesubterrāneōsubterrāneāsubterrāneō
vocativesubterrāneesubterrāneasubterrāneum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesubterrāneīsubterrāneaesubterrānea
genitivesubterrāneōrumsubterrāneārumsubterrāneōrum
dativesubterrāneīssubterrāneīssubterrāneīs
accusativesubterrāneōssubterrāneāssubterrānea
ablativesubterrāneīssubterrāneīssubterrāneīs
vocativesubterrāneīsubterrāneaesubterrānea

sub-terrānĕus, a, um, adj. terra,
I. underground, subterranean (class.): specus, Cic. Att. 15, 26, 4; cf.: supterraneos specus aperire, Tac. G. 16: ergastulum, Col. 1, 6, 3: structura, Plin. 36, 22, 50, § 170: regna, Juv. 2, 149: animalia, Pall. Sept. 3, 2: mures, Sen. Q. N. 3, 16, 3: subterraneis venis in mare defluunt, Plin. 9, 15, 20, § 53: domus, id. 36, 13, 19, § 88: cubiculum, Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9: subterraneis dolis peractum urbis excidium, Flor. 1, 12 fin.—Subst.: sub-terrānĕum, i, n., a subterranean place: in ipso subterraneo semirotundo, App. M. 11, p. 260, 2.

Origins

Derived from sub- + terra (“earth, ground”) + -āneus.

Borrowings
  • Catalansubterrani
  • Englishsubterranean
  • Portuguesesubterrâneo
  • Romaniansubteran
  • Spanishsubterráneo
  • Galiciansubterráneo
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalansoterrani
  • Occitansosterranh
  • Aragonesesotarrano
  • Aragonesesotarraño
  • Aragonesesoterrano
  • Aragonesesotorrano
  • Gasconsosterranfrom Occitan sosterranh
Italo-Romance
  • Italiansotterraneo
  • Siciliansuttirràniu
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchsouterrain
  • Franco-Provençalsotèrren
Padanian
  • Piedmontesesoterani
Ibero-Romance
  • Asturiansoterrañu

In English words that came into English from subterrāneus

  • subterranesubterrāneus
  • subterraneoussubterrāneus

Quick answers

What does subterrāneus mean in Latin?
subterrāneus, a adjective, means “underground, subterranean”.
How do you pronounce subterrāneus?
In classical Latin, [sʊp.tɛrˈraː.ne.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [sub.terˈraː.ne.us].