arcanus

== Latin == === Etymology === From arca +‎ -nus. Cognates include arceō (“to defend”), arx (“fortress”), arcera (“ambulance”), Old Armenian արգել (argel, “obstacle”) and Ancient Greek ἀρκέω (arkéō). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [arˈkaː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [arˈkaː.nus] === Adjective === arcānus (feminine arcāna, neuter arcānum); first/second-declension adjective hidden, secret, private, mysterious Synonyms: obscūrus, secretus, occultus, clandestinus, perobscūrus Antonyms: conspicuus, manifestus intimate, personal, confidential trustworthy (to keep a secret) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== arcānum arceō arx ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: arcà → English: arcane → Galician: arcano → German: arkan → Italian: arcano → Portuguese: arcano → Romanian: arcan → Sicilian: arcanu → Spanish: arcano === References === “arcanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “arcanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “arcanus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.