Postumius
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From postumus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /posˈtu.mi.us/, [pɔs̠ˈt̪ʊmiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /posˈtu.mi.us/, [posˈt̪uːmius]
Proper noun
[edit]Postumius m sg (genitive Postumiī or Postumī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Aulus Postumius Tubertus, a Roman military leader
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Postumius |
Genitive | Postumiī Postumī1 |
Dative | Postumiō |
Accusative | Postumium |
Ablative | Postumiō |
Vocative | Postumī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Postumius (feminine Postumia, neuter Postumium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the gens Postumia.
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | Postumius | Postumia | Postumium | Postumiī | Postumiae | Postumia | |
Genitive | Postumiī | Postumiae | Postumiī | Postumiōrum | Postumiārum | Postumiōrum | |
Dative | Postumiō | Postumiō | Postumiīs | ||||
Accusative | Postumium | Postumiam | Postumium | Postumiōs | Postumiās | Postumia | |
Ablative | Postumiō | Postumiā | Postumiō | Postumiīs | |||
Vocative | Postumie | Postumia | Postumium | Postumiī | Postumiae | Postumia |
References
[edit]- “Postumius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Postumius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.