Vindicius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯inˈdi.ki.us/, [u̯ɪn̪ˈd̪ɪkiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vinˈdi.t͡ʃi.us/, [vin̪ˈd̪iːt͡ʃius]

Proper noun

Vindicius m sg (genitive Vindiciī or Vindicī); second declension

1. the name of the slave who discovered the conspiracy to restore the Tarquins

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Vindicius
Genitive	Vindiciī Vindicī1
Dative	Vindiciō
Accusative	Vindicium
Ablative	Vindiciō
Vocative	Vindicī

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

References

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