Minucius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Minutius

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /miˈnu.ki.us/, [mɪˈnʊkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /miˈnu.t͡ʃi.us/, [miˈnuːt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Minucius m sg (genitive Minuciī or Minucī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Minucius Rufus, a Roman consul
   2. Marcus Minucius Augurinus, a Roman politician

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Minucius
Genitive	Minuciī Minucī1
Dative	Minuciō
Accusative	Minucium
Ablative	Minuciō
Vocative	Minucī

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

Derived terms

• Minucia

Adjective

Minucius (feminine Minucia, neuter Minucium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the gens Minucia.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Minucius	Minucia	Minucium		Minuciī	Minuciae	Minucia
Genitive	Minuciī	Minuciae	Minuciī		Minuciōrum	Minuciārum	Minuciōrum
Dative	Minuciō		Minuciō		Minuciīs
Accusative	Minucium	Minuciam	Minucium		Minuciōs	Minuciās	Minucia
Ablative	Minuciō	Minuciā	Minuciō		Minuciīs
Vocative	Minucie	Minucia	Minucium		Minuciī	Minuciae	Minucia

References

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