Plinius

German

Proper noun

Plinius

1. Pliny

Derived terms

• Plinius der Ältere - Pliny the Elder
• Plinius der Jüngere - Pliny the Younger

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Latin

Etymology

From the Roman gens Plinia, an Italic name of obscure origin; possibly from the insubric (Gaulish) root Plina, through rhotacism from prina. Or, from a north Italic word for "bald."

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpliː.ni.us/, [ˈplʲiːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpli.ni.us/, [ˈpliːnius]

Proper noun

Plīnius m sg (genitive Plīniī or Plīnī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
   1. Gaius Plinius Secundus, Pliny the Elder

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Plīnius
Genitive	Plīniī Plīnī1
Dative	Plīniō
Accusative	Plīnium
Ablative	Plīniō
Vocative	Plīnī

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

Derived terms

• Plīnia
• Plīniānus

Descendants

• Italian: Plinio

References

• “Plinius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Plinius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Pokorny, Julius. "Indogermanisches Etymologisches Woerterbuch" (in German). University of Leiden.