LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

suburbānus

suburbānus (feminine suburbāna, neuter suburbānum)
Classical[sʊ.bʊrˈbaː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[su.burˈbaː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivesuburban (near a city, especially near Rome)

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Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesuburbānussuburbānasuburbānum
genitivesuburbānīsuburbānaesuburbānī
dativesuburbānōsuburbānaesuburbānō
accusativesuburbānumsuburbānamsuburbānum
ablativesuburbānōsuburbānāsuburbānō
vocativesuburbānesuburbānasuburbānum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesuburbānīsuburbānaesuburbāna
genitivesuburbānōrumsuburbānārumsuburbānōrum
dativesuburbānīssuburbānīssuburbānīs
accusativesuburbānōssuburbānāssuburbāna
ablativesuburbānīssuburbānīssuburbānīs
vocativesuburbānīsuburbānaesuburbāna

sŭb-urbānus, a, um, adj.,
I. situated near the city of Rome, suburban.
I. Adj.: rus suburbanum, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133: fundus, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9: ager, id. Div. 2, 32, 69: gymnasium, id. de Or. 1, 21, 98: regio Italiae, Col. 11, 2, 61; cf. Italia, Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 19: caulis, Hor. S. 2, 4, 15: peregrinatio, Tac. A. 3, 47: crimina, id. ib. 13, 43 et saep. —
II. Substt.
A. sŭburbā-num, i, n. (sc. praedium), an estate near Rome, a suburban villa: malo esse in Tusculano aut uspiam in suburbano, Cic. Att. 16, 13, 6, § 1: suburbana amicorum, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 54; id. Rab. Post. 10, 26; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 23 sq.; id. Att. 12, 34, 1; 16, 13, b, 1; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 144; 31, 3, 25, § 42; Suet. Tib. 11; id. Ner. 48; Mart. 5, 35, 3 al.; Vulg. Lev. 25, 34.—
B. sŭburbāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of the towns near Rome, Ov. F. 6, 58.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsuburbānus

Latin sub- Latin urbanus Latin suburbānus From sub- + urbanus.

Descendants
  • Frenchsuburbain
  • Italiansuburbano
  • Portuguesesuburbano
  • Spanishsuburbano

In English words that came into English from suburbānus

  • suburbansuburbānus

Quick answers

What does suburbānus mean in Latin?
suburbānus, a adjective, means “suburban (near a city, especially near Rome)”.
How do you pronounce suburbānus?
In classical Latin, [sʊ.bʊrˈbaː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [su.burˈbaː.nus].
Where does suburbānus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin suburbānus.