Aquinius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈkʷiː.ni.us/, [äˈkʷiːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈkwi.ni.us/, [äˈkwiːnius]

Proper noun

Aquīnius m sg (genitive Aquīniī or Aquīnī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Aquinius, a Roman poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Aquīnius
Genitive	Aquīniī Aquīnī1
Dative	Aquīniō
Accusative	Aquīnium
Ablative	Aquīniō
Vocative	Aquīnī

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

References

• Aquinius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Aquinius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray