Gargonius
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡarˈɡoː.ni.us/, [ɡärˈɡoːniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡarˈɡo.ni.us/, [ɡärˈɡɔːnius]
Proper noun[edit]
Gargōnius m sg (genitive Gargōniī or Gargōnī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
- Gaius Gargonius, a Roman eques
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Gargōnius |
Genitive | Gargōniī Gargōnī1 |
Dative | Gargōniō |
Accusative | Gargōnium |
Ablative | Gargōniō |
Vocative | Gargōnī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References[edit]
- “C. Gargonius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray