Plautius
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Plautus (“agnomen & cognomen”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”) or directly from plautus (“flat-footed; flap-eared”) + -ius. Compare Laevus & Laevius and Plancus & Plancius.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈplau̯.ti.us/, [ˈpɫ̪äu̯t̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈplau̯t.t͡si.us/, [ˈpläu̯t̪ː͡s̪ius]
Proper noun[edit]
Plautius m sg (genitive Plautiī or Plautī); second declension
- a nomen (nomen gentile), a Roman family name
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Plautius |
| Genitive | Plautiī Plautī1 |
| Dative | Plautiō |
| Accusative | Plautium |
| Ablative | Plautiō |
| Vocative | Plautī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Plautius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Plautius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.