Antonius

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Antonius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ænˈtəʊni.əs/
• IPA^(key): /ænˈtoʊni.əs/

Proper noun

Antonius

1. a Roman nomen gentile

   Marcus Antonius

Translations

a Roman nomen gentile

• Armenian: Անտոնիոս (Antonios)
• German: Antonius (de)
• Latin: Antonius
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: António (pt) m (Portugal), Antônio (pt) m (Brazil)
• Russian: Анто́ний (ru) (Antónij)

Anagrams

• Antinous, Utonians

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Latin

Etymology

Marcus Antonius claimed gens descent from Ἄντων (Ántōn), a son of Heracles, but the gens is probably Etruscan in origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /anˈtoː.ni.us/, [än̪ˈt̪oːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈto.ni.us/, [än̪ˈt̪ɔːnius]

Proper noun

Antōnius m (genitive Antōniī or Antōnī); second declension

1. The name of a Roman gens, a "family name".

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Antōnius	Antōniī
Genitive	Antōniī Antōnī1	Antōniōrum
Dative	Antōniō	Antōniīs
Accusative	Antōnium	Antōniōs
Ablative	Antōniō	Antōniīs
Vocative	Antōnī	Antōniī

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

Descendants

• Basque: Andoni, Antton
• English: Anthony, Antony, Tony
• French: Antoine
• Galician: Antón
• Greek: Αντώνιος (Antónios), Αντώνης (Antónis)
• Icelandic: Anton
• Irish: Antóin

• Italian: Antonio
• Portuguese: Antônio, António, Antão, Antomio
• Romanian: Antoniu, Înton
• Russian: Анто́н (Antón)
• Spanish: Antonio

References

• “Antonius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Antonius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Antonius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.