Plancius

Latin

Etymology

From Plancus (“agnomen and cognomen”) +‎ -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”) or directly from plancus (“flat-footed”) +‎ -ius. Compare Laevus & Laevius and Plautus & Plautius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈplan.ki.us/, [ˈpɫ̪äŋkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplan.t͡ʃi.us/, [ˈplän̠ʲt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Plancius m sg (genitive Planciī or Plancī); second declension

1. a nomen (nomen gentile), a Roman family name

   Marcus Plancius Varus

    

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Plancius
Genitive	Planciī Plancī1
Dative	Planciō
Accusative	Plancium
Ablative	Planciō
Vocative	Plancī

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

Derived terms

• Plancia

 

See also

• Gens Plancia at the English Wikipedia

References

• “Plancius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Plancius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.