Plancus

See also: plancus

Latin

Etymology

From plancus (“flat-footed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈplan.kus/, [ˈpɫ̪äŋkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplan.kus/, [ˈpläŋkus]

Proper noun

Plancus m sg (genitive Plancī); second declension

1. a cognomen used by the gens Munatia

   Lucius Munatius Plancus

    

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Plancus
Genitive	Plancī
Dative	Plancō
Accusative	Plancum
Ablative	Plancō
Vocative	Plance

Derived terms

• Plancius
• Planciānus

 

References

• “Plancus2”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Plancus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 110.