Cilnius
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Etruscan 𐌊𐌚𐌄𐌋𐌍𐌄 (kfelne) or 𐌊𐌚𐌄𐌍𐌋𐌄 (kfenle).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkil.ni.us/, [ˈkɪɫ̪niʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃil.ni.us/, [ˈt͡ʃilnius]
Proper noun
[edit]Cilnius m sg (genitive Cilniī or Cilnī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Gaius Cilnius Maecenas, a friend of Augustus and patron of Virgilius
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Cilnius |
Genitive | Cilniī Cilnī1 |
Dative | Cilniō |
Accusative | Cilnium |
Ablative | Cilniō |
Vocative | Cilnī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Cilnius (feminine Cilnia, neuter Cilnium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the gens Cilnia.
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | Cilnius | Cilnia | Cilnium | Cilniī | Cilniae | Cilnia | |
Genitive | Cilniī | Cilniae | Cilniī | Cilniōrum | Cilniārum | Cilniōrum | |
Dative | Cilniō | Cilniō | Cilniīs | ||||
Accusative | Cilnium | Cilniam | Cilnium | Cilniōs | Cilniās | Cilnia | |
Ablative | Cilniō | Cilniā | Cilniō | Cilniīs | |||
Vocative | Cilnie | Cilnia | Cilnium | Cilniī | Cilniae | Cilnia |
References
[edit]- “Cilnius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cilnius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.