clandestinus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From an earlier adverb *clam-de (secretly) (from clam and *-de, also seen in unde, etc.), converted to an adjective by analogy to intestīnus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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clandestīnus (feminine clandestīna, neuter clandestīnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. clandestine, secret, concealed
    Synonyms: obscūrus, sēcrētus, arcānus, occultus
    Antonyms: conspicuus, manifestus

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative clandestīnus clandestīna clandestīnum clandestīnī clandestīnae clandestīna
Genitive clandestīnī clandestīnae clandestīnī clandestīnōrum clandestīnārum clandestīnōrum
Dative clandestīnō clandestīnō clandestīnīs
Accusative clandestīnum clandestīnam clandestīnum clandestīnōs clandestīnās clandestīna
Ablative clandestīnō clandestīnā clandestīnō clandestīnīs
Vocative clandestīne clandestīna clandestīnum clandestīnī clandestīnae clandestīna
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Descendants

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References

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  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 117:clam
  • clandestinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • clandestinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • clandestinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • clandestinus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung