Vindicius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯inˈdi.ki.us/, [u̯ɪn̪ˈd̪ɪkiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vinˈdi.t͡ʃi.us/, [vin̪ˈd̪iːt͡ʃius]
Proper noun edit
Vindicius m sg (genitive Vindiciī or Vindicī); second declension
- the name of the slave who discovered the conspiracy to restore the Tarquins
Declension edit
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 edit
- “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.