Licinius

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from licinus (“bent upward”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Licinius m sg (genitive Liciniī or Licinī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Marcus Licinius Crassus, a Roman general
    2. Lucius Licinius Lucullus a Roman politician

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Licinius
Genitive Liciniī
Licinī1
Dative Liciniō
Accusative Licinium
Ablative Liciniō
Vocative Licinī

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

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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