cotidianus

Latin

Alternative forms

• cottīdiānus, quotīdiānus

Etymology

From cotīdiē +‎ -ānus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ko.tiː.diˈaː.nus/, [kɔt̪iːd̪iˈäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.ti.diˈa.nus/, [kot̪id̪iˈäːnus]
• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koː.tiː.diˈaː.nus/, [koːt̪iːd̪iˈäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.ti.diˈa.nus/, [kot̪id̪iˈäːnus]
• In early poetry, the first syllable of this word and of the base word cotīdiē/cottīdiē generally occurs in an anceps position, which would allow either a light or heavy syllable. The scansion cŏtīd-, with unambiguously light cŏ-, seems to be attested earliest in the poetry of Martial (see quotations below). The second syllable normally scans heavy, but the scansion cōtĭd- (or cottĭd-) is found in the manuscripts of Catullus 68, 139: "coniugis in culpa flagrantem cotidiana/quotidiana/cottidiana". However, the transmitted version of this line is grammatically problematic, and it has been suggested it should be emended to something else like "contudit iram", "condidit iram" or "concoquit iram". In cases where the first syllable scans heavy, it's not possible to determine whether the pronunciation contained a long vowel (i.e. cōt-) or a long consonant (i.e. cott-), but the latter seems likely based on the alternative spellings cottīdiē/cottīdiānus, which are attested earlier in inscriptions than spellings with single -t-.

Adjective

cotīdiānus (feminine cotīdiāna, neuter cotīdiānum); first/second-declension adjective

1. daily, everyday, quotidian
   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 4.37, (meter: choliamb, in a poem where every line begins with a heavy syllable):

     Cōtīdiānam refice nauseam nummīs

   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 10.65, (meter: hendecasyllable):

     Lēvis drōpace tū cotīdiānō

   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 11.1.2, (meter: hendecasyllable):

     Quō tū, quō, liber ōtiōse, tendis / cultus Sīdone nōn cotīdiāna?

     • 1993 translation by D. R. Shackleton Bailey

       Where, where are you going, holiday book, dressed in purple not of every day?

2. ordinary, pedestrian

   Synonyms: sollemnis, ūsuālis, ōrdinārius

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cotīdiānus	cotīdiāna	cotīdiānum		cotīdiānī	cotīdiānae	cotīdiāna
Genitive	cotīdiānī	cotīdiānae	cotīdiānī		cotīdiānōrum	cotīdiānārum	cotīdiānōrum
Dative	cotīdiānō	cotīdiānae	cotīdiānō		cotīdiānīs
Accusative	cotīdiānum	cotīdiānam	cotīdiānum		cotīdiānōs	cotīdiānās	cotīdiāna
Ablative	cotīdiānō	cotīdiānā	cotīdiānō		cotīdiānīs
Vocative	cotīdiāne	cotīdiāna	cotīdiānum		cotīdiānī	cotīdiānae	cotīdiāna

Synonyms

• (daily, everyday, quotidian): amphēmerinos (Grecian)

Descendants

See cottidianus and quotidianus.

Further reading

• “cotidianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cotidianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cotidianus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to adopt the language of everyday life: accedere ad cotidiani sermonis genus
    
  • the ordinary usage of language, everyday speech: cotidiani sermonis usus
    
  • the ordinary usage of language, everyday speech: sermo familiaris et cotidianus
    
  • daily bread: victus cotidianus
    
  • his means suffice to defray daily expenses: copiae cotidianis sumptibus suppetunt (vid. sect. IV. 2, note suppeditare...)
    
  • conversational language: sermo cotidianus, or simply sermo