profanus

Latin

Etymology

From pro- (“before”) + fānum (“temple”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prɔˈfaː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [proˈfaː.nus]

Adjective

profānus (feminine profāna, neuter profānum); first/second-declension adjective

1. secular, unconsecrated, profane
2. impious, wicked

   Synonyms: incestus, impūrus

3. ignorant, unlearned

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	profānus	profāna	profānum		profānī	profānae	profāna
genitive	profānī	profānae	profānī		profānōrum	profānārum	profānōrum
dative	profānō	profānae	profānō		profānīs
accusative	profānum	profānam	profānum		profānōs	profānās	profāna
ablative	profānō	profānā	profānō		profānīs
vocative	profāne	profāna	profānum		profānī	profānae	profāna

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: profà
• → Finnish: profaani
• → Friulian: profan
• → Galician: profano
• → German: profan
• → Hungarian: profán
• → Italian: profano
• → Middle French: profane
  • French: profane
  • → Dutch: profaan
  • → English: profane
• → Occitan: profan
• → Piedmontese: profan
• → Portuguese: profano
• → Romanian: profan
• → Sicilian: prufanu
• → Spanish: profano
• → Swedish: profan

References

• “profanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “profanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “profanus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.