Gentius

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Illyrian, compare Ancient Greek Γένθιος (Génthios), Γέντιος (Géntios). Ultimately possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡen.ti.us/, [ˈɡɛn̪t̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒen.t͡si.us/, [ˈd͡ʒɛnt̪͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Gentius m sg (genitive Gentiī or Gentī); second declension

1. a male given name, the last Illyrian king
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 44.23.1:

     Perseus quod iam inchoatum perficere, quia inpensa pecuniae facienda erat, non inducebat in animum, ut Gentium Illyriorum regem sibi adiungeret

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Gentius
Genitive	Gentiī Gentī1
Dative	Gentiō
Accusative	Gentium
Ablative	Gentiō
Vocative	Gentī

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

Derived terms

• ^? gentiāna

Descendants

• → Albanian: Gent, Genc
• → Italian: Genzio

References

• Gentius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Gentius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Further reading

• Gentius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia