Sempronius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /semˈproː.ni.us/, [s̠ɛmˈproːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /semˈpro.ni.us/, [semˈprɔːnius]

Proper noun

Semprōnius m sg (genitive Semprōniī or Semprōnī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name".

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Semprōnius
Genitive	Semprōniī Semprōnī1
Dative	Semprōniō
Accusative	Semprōnium
Ablative	Semprōniō
Vocative	Semprōnī

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

Derived terms

• Semprōnia
• Semprōniānus

Descendants

• Italian: Sempronio

References

• “Sempronius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sempronius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.