arcanum

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin arcānum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑɹˈkeɪnəm/, /ɑɹˈkɑːnəm/ === Noun === arcanum (plural arcana or arcanums) A mystery or deep secret. An elixir or secret remedy. ==== Related terms ==== arcane ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== occult tarot == Latin == === Etymology === From arcanus. === Noun === arcānum n (genitive arcānī); second declension secret or mystery ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Related terms ==== arcānus ==== Descendants ==== English: arcane French: arcane Italian: arcano Romanian: arcan Spanish: arcano → Portuguese: arcano → Swedish: arkanum === References === "arcanum", 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) “arcanum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly