publicanus

== Latin == === Etymology === From pūblicus + -ānus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [puː.blɪˈkaː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pu.bliˈkaː.nus] === Adjective === pūblicānus (feminine pūblicāna, neuter pūblicānum); first/second-declension adjective (relational) public revenue ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === Noun === pūblicānus m (genitive pūblicānī); second declension tax collector publican (Medieval Latin, by conflation) Paulician Synonym: Pauliciānus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === “publicanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “publicanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "publicanus", 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) “publicanus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.