Valentiniani
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Either Valentīnus + -iānus or Valentīnius + -ānus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯a.len.tiː.niˈaː.niː/, [u̯äɫ̪ɛn̪t̪iːniˈäːniː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /va.len.ti.niˈa.ni/, [välen̪t̪iniˈäːni]
Proper noun[edit]
Valentīniānī m pl (genitive Valentīniānōrum); second declension
- disciples of the early Christian gnostic theologian Valentinus, Valentinians
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Valentīniānī |
| Genitive | Valentīniānōrum |
| Dative | Valentīniānīs |
| Accusative | Valentīniānōs |
| Ablative | Valentīniānīs |
| Vocative | Valentīniānī |
References[edit]
- “Vălentīnĭāni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Valentiniani in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Vălentīnĭāni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,644/1.