Scribonius
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from scrībō (“recruiter”) + -ius.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /skriːˈboː.ni.us/, [s̠kriːˈboːniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /skriˈbo.ni.us/, [skriˈbɔːnius]
Proper noun
[edit]Scrībōnius m sg (genitive Scrībōniī or Scrībōnī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Gaius Scribonius Curio, a Roman statesman and orator
- Scribonius Largus, a Roman physician
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Scrībōnius |
Genitive | Scrībōniī Scrībōnī1 |
Dative | Scrībōniō |
Accusative | Scrībōnium |
Ablative | Scrībōniō |
Vocative | Scrībōnī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Scribonius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Scribonius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.