Tantasius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tanˈta.si.us/, [t̪än̪ˈt̪äs̠iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tanˈta.si.us/, [t̪än̪ˈt̪äːs̬ius]

Proper noun

Tantasius m sg (genitive Tantasiī or Tantasī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Tantasius, a Roman man slained by Catilina

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tantasius
Genitive	Tantasiī Tantasī1
Dative	Tantasiō
Accusative	Tantasium
Ablative	Tantasiō
Vocative	Tantasī

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

References

• “L. Tantasius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray