Laecanius

Latin

Etymology

From Laeca (“agnomen or cognomen”) + -ānus (“-an: forming adjectives”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lae̯ˈkaː.ni.us/, [ɫ̪äe̯ˈkäːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈka.ni.us/, [leˈkäːnius]

Proper noun

Laecānius m sg (genitive Laecāniī or Laecānī); second declension

1. a nomen (nomen gentile), a plebeian family name in Ancient Rome

   Gaius Laecanius Bassus Caecina Paetus

    

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Laecānius
Genitive	Laecāniī Laecānī1
Dative	Laecāniō
Accusative	Laecānium
Ablative	Laecāniō
Vocative	Laecānī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Laecānia

 

References

• Laecanius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.