Scribonius
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from scrībō (“recruiter”) + -ius.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) 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.