The corpus record — Latin

Christianus

Christianus · adj

Christian

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Where it lives

Ad Scapulam 17 · 113.94/10k
De Testimionio Animae 16 · 71.59/10k
Apologeticum 106 · 53.08/10k
Ad Nationes 42 · 28.09/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 14 · 27.33/10k
De Pudicitia 35 · 26.04/10k
De Scorpiace 19 · 23.85/10k
De Corona 11 · 22.62/10k
Ad Martyras 3 · 20.16/10k
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 14 · 16.85/10k
De Spectaculis 10 · 15.71/10k
De Fuga in Persecutione 8 · 15.03/10k

Densest 12 of 48 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Christĭānus — Lewis & Short

Christĭānus, a, um, adj.Christus,

I Christian: fides, Cod. Just. 16, 8, 18: lex, ib. 16, 8, 13: religio, ib. 9, 40, 16.—Hence, subst., a Christian, Tac. A. 15, 44; Suet. Ner. 16; Plin. Ep. 10, 97; very frequent in the Church fathers.—Absol., a Christian clergyman, Cod. Th. 5, 5, 2; 12, 1, 50.—Sup.: Christianissimus, the most Christian, Hier. Ep. 57, 12: princeps, Ambros. Ep. 1, 1.— Adv.: Christĭānē, in a Christian manner or spirit: regere, Aug. Ep. 89.

In the wild

Christianam Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1.25.p1
Christianum Tertullian, De Scorpiace 9
Christianos Tertullian, Apologeticum 40.1
Christianam Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 25.4
Christianam Pseudo-Tertullian, Ad Uxorem 2.8
Christianus Tertullian, De Spectaculis 19.1

6 of 568 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. christianus (scan p. 142; entry #2110).

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