cotidianus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

cotīdiē + -ānus

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ko.tiː.diˈaː.nus/, [kɔt̪iːd̪iˈäːnʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.ti.diˈa.nus/, [kot̪id̪iˈäːnus]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /koː.tiː.diˈaː.nus/, [koːt̪iːd̪iˈäːnʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.ti.diˈa.nus/, [kot̪id̪iˈäːnus]
  • Possibly attested with both short and long o, certainly with short o at least. See the quotations from Martial below.

Adjective

cōtīdiānus or cŏtīdiānus (feminine cō̆tīdiāna, neuter cō̆tīdiānum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. daily, everyday, quotidian
    • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 4.37, (meter: choliamb, in a poem where every line begins with a heavy syllable):
      Cōtīdiānam refice nauseam nummīs
    • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 10.65, (meter: hendecasyllable):
      Lēvis drōpace tū cotīdiānō
  2. ordinary, pedestrian
    Synonyms: sollemnis, ūsuālis, ōrdinārius

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cō̆tīdiānus cō̆tīdiāna cō̆tīdiānum cō̆tīdiānī cō̆tīdiānae cō̆tīdiāna
Genitive cō̆tīdiānī cō̆tīdiānae cō̆tīdiānī cō̆tīdiānōrum cō̆tīdiānārum cō̆tīdiānōrum
Dative cō̆tīdiānō cō̆tīdiānō cō̆tīdiānīs
Accusative cō̆tīdiānum cō̆tīdiānam cō̆tīdiānum cō̆tīdiānōs cō̆tīdiānās cō̆tīdiāna
Ablative cō̆tīdiānō cō̆tīdiānā cō̆tīdiānō cō̆tīdiānīs
Vocative cō̆tīdiāne cō̆tīdiāna cō̆tīdiānum cō̆tīdiānī cō̆tīdiānae cō̆tīdiāna

Synonyms

Descendants

See cottidianus and quotidianus.

References

  • cotidianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cotidianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cotidianus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to adopt the language of everyday life: accedere ad cotidiani sermonis genus
    • the ordinary usage of language, everyday speech: cotidiani sermonis usus
    • the ordinary usage of language, everyday speech: sermo familiaris et cotidianus
    • daily bread: victus cotidianus
    • his means suffice to defray daily expenses: copiae cotidianis sumptibus suppetunt (vid. sect. IV. 2, note suppeditare...)
    • conversational language: sermo cotidianus, or simply sermo
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