Symmachus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σύμμαχος (Súmmakhos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsym.ma.kʰus/, [ˈs̠ʏmːäkʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsim.ma.kus/, [ˈsimːäkus]

Proper noun

Symmachus m sg (genitive Symmachī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, a Roman orator

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Symmachus
Genitive	Symmachī
Dative	Symmachō
Accusative	Symmachum
Ablative	Symmachō
Vocative	Symmache

Derived terms

• Symmachiānus

References

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