Cominius

Latin

Etymology

The gens is of Italic/Auruncan origin; see Cominia for more.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koˈmi.ni.us/, [kɔˈmɪniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈmi.ni.us/, [koˈmiːnius]

Proper noun

Cominius m sg (genitive Cominiī or Cominī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Postumus Cominius Auruncus, a Roman consul

Declension

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

• Cominia

References

• “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.