Maenius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmae̯.ni.us/, [ˈmäe̯niʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ni.us/, [ˈmɛːnius]

Proper noun

Maenius m sg (genitive Maeniī or Maenī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Maenius
Genitive	Maeniī Maenī1
Dative	Maeniō
Accusative	Maenium
Ablative	Maeniō
Vocative	Maenī

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

Derived terms

• Maenia
• Maeniānus
• maeniānum

References

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