Wiktionary

castellanus

English

edit

Etymology

edit

From New Latin castellānus, from Medieval Latin castellum (“castle, fortress”) -ānus (“-an: forming adj.”), from castrum (“fort”) -ellum (“-elle: forming diminutives”). Doublet of Castilian, castellano, castellan, and chatelain.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /ˌkæstəˈlɑːnəs/

Noun

edit

castellanus (plural castellani)

  1. (meteorology) A cloud species which shows vertical formations giving a crenellated appearance, associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus genera.
    Synonym: castellatus
    • 1985 February 14, Dennis Wheeler, “Saharan dust storm over England”, in New Scientist‎[1], volume 105, number 1443, page 26:
      Turbulent mixing, evidenced by alto-cumulus castellanus cloud over France, also took place en route and carried dust to high altitudes.
    • 1993, Monthly Weather Review - Volume 121, Issues 10-12, page 2709:
      Over France the altocumuli castellani clouds at medium level indicate a very unstable air mass there, because these clouds often develop into thunderstorms.
    • 1998, Stuart H. Walker, The Sailor's Wind‎[2], page 56:
      But liftoff in warm, moist, unstable air in which condensation is occurring may result in an updraft capped by a towering altocumulus castellanus cloud at 11,000 to 15,000 feet.
    • 2011, Gavin Pretor-Pinney, The Cloud Collector's Handbook‎[3], page 40:
      When a layer of cloud rises in distinct turrets with bumpy tops that resemble crenellations, it is of the species known as castellanus—and this one can give an early indication of unsettled weather to come later in the day.
  2. Alternative form of castellan
    • 1979, Adolf M., Kaegi Hakkert (Walter E.), Byzantinische Forschungen - Volume 6, page 17:
      In addition to the rettori, there were castellani of the fort in the town of Chios and of fourteen other forts in the society's island. The castellanus of the urban fort was chosen by a complicated process of indirect election resembling that which determined the Podestà, and again like him was to be drawn from the popolari of Genoa.
    • 1998, Guillaume IX ((duc d'Aquitaine ;), Ralph Henry Carless Davis, & Marjorie Chibnall, The Gesta Guillelmi of William of Poitiers, page xli:
      Castle garrisons are castellani; WP does not use the term oppidani.
    • 2001, Adam J. Kosto, Making Agreements in Medieval Catalonia, →ISBN:
      In these documents conderning the castle of Talarn, however, the term castellanus is applied to both of the bottom two levels of the hierarchy: the texts imply that both Oliver Bernat and Guillem Folc are castellani.

Further reading

edit

Latin

edit

Etymology

edit

castellum ‎ -ānus.

Adjective

edit

castellānus (feminine castellāna, neuter castellānum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to a fort or castle[1]

Declension

edit

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative castellānus castellāna castellānum castellānī castellānae castellāna
genitive castellānī castellānae castellānī castellānōrum castellānārum castellānōrum
dative castellānō castellānae castellānō castellānīs
accusative castellānum castellānam castellānum castellānōs castellānās castellāna
ablative castellānō castellānā castellānō castellānīs
vocative castellāne castellāna castellānum castellānī castellānae castellāna

Descendants

edit

Noun

edit
  A user has added this entry to requests for verification( ) with the reason: “(ref. has "plur. .. the occupants .." without "usually"; and if castellānus exists, then it probably means ".. occupant .." (singular, without plural-s))”
If it cannot be verified that this term meets our attestation criteria, it will be deleted. Feel free to edit this entry as normal, but do not remove {{rfv}} until the request has been resolved.

castellānus m (genitive castellānī); second declension

  1. (usually in plural form) the occupants of a castle[2]

Declension

edit

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative castellānus castellānī
genitive castellānī castellānōrum
dative castellānō castellānīs
accusative castellānum castellānōs
ablative castellānō castellānīs
vocative castellāne castellānī

References

edit
  1. ^ http://latinlexicon.org/definition.php?p1=1002184
  2. ^ http://latinlexicon.org/definition.php?p1=2008883
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=castellanus&oldid=79447711"