Aurunculeius
Latin
editEtymology
editAuruncī (“name of an Italic tribe”) + -ulēius.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /au̯.run.kuˈleː.i.us/, [äu̯rʊŋkʊˈɫ̪eːiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯.run.kuˈle.i.us/, [äu̯ruŋkuˈlɛːius]
Proper noun
editAurunculēius m sg (genitive Aurunculēiī or Aurunculēī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta, a Roman soldier
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Aurunculēius |
Genitive | Aurunculēiī Aurunculēī1 |
Dative | Aurunculēiō |
Accusative | Aurunculēium |
Ablative | Aurunculēiō |
Vocative | Aurunculēī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
edit- “Aurunculeius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Aurunculeius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.