Alanus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈɫaː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈlaː.nus] === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλᾱνός (Alānós), Ἀλᾱνοί (Alānoí). Perhaps renewed in Late Latin, especially in Spain in the meaning "dog breed", as a Migration Period Wanderwort, e.g. via Gothic *𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*alans). ==== Alternative forms ==== Halānus, Alaunus ==== Adjective ==== Alānus (feminine Alāna, neuter Alānum); first/second-declension adjective of or pertaining to the Alan tribe ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Noun ==== Alānus m (genitive Alānī, feminine Alāna); second declension Alan (a member of the Alan tribe) (Medieval Latin) alaunt (an extinct hunting dog breed related to the modern bulldog and mastiff) ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Related terms ===== Alānia ===== Descendants ===== Note: none are likely to be directly inherited. === Etymology 2 === Unclear origin. Perhaps Latinization of a Celtic name such as Old Breton Alan, belonging to several Breton saints and borrowed as English Alan and French Alain. This could be connected with Irish ail (“noble”), or else has been borrowed by Breton from the word under Etymology 1. ==== Proper noun ==== Alānus m (genitive Alānī, feminine Alana); second declension (Medieval Latin) a male given name, equivalent to English Alan ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*alanus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 289 “Alanus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Further reading === “Alanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Alanus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. "Alanus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)