Aventinus
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Said by Servius to derive from avis on account of the many birds who roosted there.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.u̯enˈtiː.nus/, [äu̯ɛn̪ˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.venˈti.nus/, [även̪ˈt̪iːnus]
Proper noun[edit]
Aventīnus m sg (genitive Aventīnī); second declension
- The Aventine Hill, one of the Seven hills of Rome.
- (Roman mythology) A mythological king of Alba Longa, son of Romulus Silvius, father of Procas, great-great-grandfather of Romulus and Remus
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Aventīnus |
| Genitive | Aventīnī |
| Dative | Aventīnō |
| Accusative | Aventīnum |
| Ablative | Aventīnō |
| Vocative | Aventīne |
| Locative | Aventīnī |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Commentary on the Aeneid of Virgil https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0053&layout=&loc=7.657
- Aventinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Aventinus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “Aventinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press