Postumius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From postumus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /posˈtu.mi.us/, [pɔs̠ˈt̪ʊmiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /posˈtu.mi.us/, [posˈt̪uːmius]
Proper noun edit
Postumius m sg (genitive Postumiī or Postumī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Aulus Postumius Tubertus, a Roman military leader
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Postumius |
| Genitive | Postumiī Postumī1 |
| Dative | Postumiō |
| Accusative | Postumium |
| Ablative | Postumiō |
| Vocative | Postumī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
Postumius (feminine Postumia, neuter Postumium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the gens Postumia.
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Postumius | Postumia | Postumium | Postumiī | Postumiae | Postumia | |
| Genitive | Postumiī | Postumiae | Postumiī | Postumiōrum | Postumiārum | Postumiōrum | |
| Dative | Postumiō | Postumiō | Postumiīs | ||||
| Accusative | Postumium | Postumiam | Postumium | Postumiōs | Postumiās | Postumia | |
| Ablative | Postumiō | Postumiā | Postumiō | Postumiīs | |||
| Vocative | Postumie | Postumia | Postumium | Postumiī | Postumiae | Postumia | |
References edit
- “Postumius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Postumius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.