Cartesius

== German == === Alternative forms === Kartesius (rare, dated) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from New Latin Cartesius. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [kaʁˈteːzɪʊs] Hyphenation: Car‧te‧si‧us === Proper noun === Cartesius m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Cartesius' or (with an article) Cartesius, feminine genitive Cartesius, plural Cartesius or Cartesiusens) a surname ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== cartesisch ==== Related terms ==== Cartesianismus ==== See also ==== Hugo Cartesius, Renatus Cartesius Claudius, Grotius, Lipsius == Latin == === Etymology === Derived from Middle French Descartes, one of several surnames originating in the Reformation period denoting support for the compromise of religious charters for each municipality, indicating adherence to a Catholic or Protestant denomination. Compare also the surname of his mother Brochard and the Germanic variant Broschart, corresponding to pro- (“for, supporting, on behalf of”) +‎ charta (“charter”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [karˈtɛ.si.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [karˈtɛː.s̬i.us] === Proper noun === Cartesius m sg (genitive Cartesiī or Cartesī); second declension a surname famously held by: René Descartes (Latinized to Renātus Cartesius). ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).