iosanus

Latin

Alternative forms

• iossānus, iūsanus

Etymology

From iōsum/iosso/iūsum (“down”) +‎ -ānus (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

iōsānus (feminine iōsāna, neuter iōsānum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

1. lower

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	iūsānus	iūsāna	iūsānum		iūsānī	iūsānae	iūsāna
genitive	iūsānī	iūsānae	iūsānī		iūsānōrum	iūsānārum	iūsānōrum
dative	iūsānō	iūsānae	iūsānō		iūsānīs
accusative	iūsānum	iūsānam	iūsānum		iūsānōs	iūsānās	iūsāna
ablative	iūsānō	iūsānā	iūsānō		iūsānīs
vocative	iūsāne	iūsāna	iūsānum		iūsānī	iūsānae	iūsāna

Descendants

Reflexes of the variant iūsānus:

• Old Catalan: jusà, jussà
• Old Occitan: juzan
• Old Spanish: yusano
• ⇒ French: jusant

References

• “iōsānus” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present