Nigidius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /niˈɡi.di.us/, [nɪˈɡɪd̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /niˈd͡ʒi.di.us/, [niˈd͡ʒiːd̪ius]

Proper noun

Nigidius m sg (genitive Nigidiī or Nigidī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Publius Nigidius Figulus, a Roman praetor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nigidius
Genitive	Nigidiī Nigidī1
Dative	Nigidiō
Accusative	Nigidium
Ablative	Nigidiō
Vocative	Nigidī

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

Derived terms

• Nigidia
• Nigidiānus

References

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