Menenius
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[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /meˈneː.ni.us/, [mɛˈneːniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /meˈne.ni.us/, [meˈnɛːnius]
Proper noun
[edit]Menēnius m sg (genitive Menēniī or Menēnī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Agrippa Menenius Lanatus, a Roman consul
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Menēnius |
Genitive | Menēniī Menēnī1 |
Dative | Menēniō |
Accusative | Menēnium |
Ablative | Menēniō |
Vocative | Menēnī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Menēnius (feminine Menēnia, neuter Menēnium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the gens Menenia.
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | Menēnius | Menēnia | Menēnium | Menēniī | Menēniae | Menēnia | |
Genitive | Menēniī | Menēniae | Menēniī | Menēniōrum | Menēniārum | Menēniōrum | |
Dative | Menēniō | Menēniō | Menēniīs | ||||
Accusative | Menēnium | Menēniam | Menēnium | Menēniōs | Menēniās | Menēnia | |
Ablative | Menēniō | Menēniā | Menēniō | Menēniīs | |||
Vocative | Menēnie | Menēnia | Menēnium | Menēniī | Menēniae | Menēnia |
References
[edit]- “Menenius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Menenius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.