publicanus

Latin

Etymology

From pūblicus +‎ -ānus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /puː.bliˈkaː.nus/, [puːblʲɪˈkäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu.bliˈka.nus/, [publiˈkäːnus]

Adjective

pūblicānus (feminine pūblicāna, neuter pūblicānum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) public revenue

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pūblicānus	pūblicāna	pūblicānum		pūblicānī	pūblicānae	pūblicāna
genitive	pūblicānī	pūblicānae	pūblicānī		pūblicānōrum	pūblicānārum	pūblicānōrum
dative	pūblicānō	pūblicānae	pūblicānō		pūblicānīs
accusative	pūblicānum	pūblicānam	pūblicānum		pūblicānōs	pūblicānās	pūblicāna
ablative	pūblicānō	pūblicānā	pūblicānō		pūblicānīs
vocative	pūblicāne	pūblicāna	pūblicānum		pūblicānī	pūblicānae	pūblicāna

Noun

pūblicānus m (genitive pūblicānī); second declension

1. tax collector
2. publican
3. (Medieval Latin, by conflation) Paulician

   Synonym: Pauliciānus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pūblicānus	pūblicānī
genitive	pūblicānī	pūblicānōrum
dative	pūblicānō	pūblicānīs
accusative	pūblicānum	pūblicānōs
ablative	pūblicānō	pūblicānīs
vocative	pūblicāne	pūblicānī

References

• “publicanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “publicanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• publicanus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• publicanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.