Cominius
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The gens is of Italic/Auruncan origin; see Cominia for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /koˈmi.ni.us/, [kɔˈmɪniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈmi.ni.us/, [koˈmiːnius]
Proper noun
[edit]Cominius m sg (genitive Cominiī or Cominī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Postumus Cominius Auruncus, a Roman consul
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Cominius |
Genitive | Cominiī Cominī1 |
Dative | Cominiō |
Accusative | Cominium |
Ablative | Cominiō |
Vocative | Cominī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Cominius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cominius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.