Nymphidius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nymˈpʰi.di.us/, [nʏmˈpʰɪd̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nimˈfi.di.us/, [nimˈfiːd̪ius]

Proper noun

Nymphidius m sg (genitive Nymphidiī or Nymphidī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Nymphidius Sabinus, a Roman prefect

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nymphidius
Genitive	Nymphidiī Nymphidī1
Dative	Nymphidiō
Accusative	Nymphidium
Ablative	Nymphidiō
Vocative	Nymphidī

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

References

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