Aventinus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Said by Servius to derive from avis on account of the many birds who roosted there.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.u̯enˈtiː.nus/, [äu̯ɛn̪ˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.venˈti.nus/, [även̪ˈt̪iːnus]
Proper noun edit
Aventīnus m sg (genitive Aventīnī); second declension
- The Aventine Hill, one of the Seven hills of Rome.
- (Roman mythology) A mythological king of Alba Longa, son of Romulus Silvius, father of Procas, great-great-grandfather of Romulus and Remus
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Aventīnus |
Genitive | Aventīnī |
Dative | Aventīnō |
Accusative | Aventīnum |
Ablative | Aventīnō |
Vocative | Aventīne |
Locative | Aventīnī |
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Commentary on the Aeneid of Virgil https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0053&layout=&loc=7.657
- Aventinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Aventinus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, volume 1, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “Aventinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press