adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
suburbānus
suburbānus (feminine suburbāna, neuter suburbānum)
Classical[sʊ.bʊrˈbaː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[su.burˈbaː.nus]
Meaning
- adjectivesuburban (near a city, especially near Rome)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
loca circum urbemsuburbāna -ōrum (n) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 10
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | suburbānus | suburbāna | suburbānum |
| genitive | suburbānī | suburbānae | suburbānī |
| dative | suburbānō | suburbānae | suburbānō |
| accusative | suburbānum | suburbānam | suburbānum |
| ablative | suburbānō | suburbānā | suburbānō |
| vocative | suburbāne | suburbāna | suburbānum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | suburbānī | suburbānae | suburbāna |
| genitive | suburbānōrum | suburbānārum | suburbānōrum |
| dative | suburbānīs | suburbānīs | suburbānīs |
| accusative | suburbānōs | suburbānās | suburbāna |
| ablative | suburbānīs | suburbānīs | suburbānīs |
| vocative | suburbānī | suburbānae | suburbāna |
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.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
sub-urbānus adj.,
near the city, near Rome, suburban: rus: fundus: Caulis, H.—As subst n. (sc. praedium), an estate near Rome, suburban villa: esse in suburbano: suburbana amicorum. —Plur m. as subst, the people of towns near Rome, O.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Proto-Italic*supo
- 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