arcānus
arcān--us lat. ‘verschlossen, verschwiegen, geheim’
Von arca + -nus. Zu den verwandten Wörtern gehören arceō „Ich verteidige“, arx „Festung“, arcera „Krankenwagen“, aarm. արգել (argel, „Hindernis“) und Altgriechisch ἀρκέω arkéō.
Adjective
arcānus (feminine arcāna, neuter arcānum); first/second-declension adjective
- hidden, secret, private, mysterious [ synonyms, antonyms ▲]
- Synonyms: obscūrus, secretus, occultus, clandestinus, perobscūrus
- Antonyms: conspicuus, manifestus
- intimate, personal, confidential
- trustworthy (to keep a secret)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /arˈkaː.nus/, [ärˈkäːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /arˈka.nus/, [ärˈkäːnus]
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | arcānus | arcāna | arcānum | arcānī | arcānae | arcāna | |
| Genitive | arcānī | arcānae | arcānī | arcānōrum | arcānārum | arcānōrum | |
| Dative | arcānō | arcānō | arcānīs | ||||
| Accusative | arcānum | arcānam | arcānum | arcānōs | arcānās | arcāna | |
| Ablative | arcānō | arcānā | arcānō | arcānīs | |||
| Vocative | arcāne | arcāna | arcānum | arcānī | arcānae | arcāna | |