Suetonius
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[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /su̯eːˈtoː.ni.us/, [s̠u̯eːˈt̪oːniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sweˈto.ni.us/, [sweˈt̪ɔːnius]
Proper noun
[edit]Suētōnius m sg (genitive Suētōniī or Suētōnī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, a Roman historian
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Suētōnius |
Genitive | Suētōniī Suētōnī1 |
Dative | Suētōniō |
Accusative | Suētōnium |
Ablative | Suētōniō |
Vocative | Suētōnī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Suetonius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Suetonius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.