Tantasius
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tanˈta.si.us/, [t̪än̪ˈt̪äs̠iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tanˈta.si.us/, [t̪än̪ˈt̪äːs̬ius]
Proper noun[edit]
Tantasius m sg (genitive Tantasiī or Tantasī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Lucius Tantasius, a Roman man slained by Catilina
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- “L. Tantasius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray