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

Proper noun edit

Aventīnus m sg (genitive Aventīnī); second declension

  1. The Aventine Hill, one of the Seven hills of Rome.
  2. (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
Nominative Aventīnus
Genitive Aventīnī
Dative Aventīnō
Accusative Aventīnum
Ablative Aventīnō
Vocative Aventīne
Locative Aventīnī

Descendants edit

  • English: Aventine
  • Italian: Aventino

References edit

  • 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