Bantius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈban.ti.us/, [ˈbän̪t̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈban.t͡si.us/, [ˈbänt̪͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Bantius m sg (genitive Bantiī or Bantī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Bantius, a Roman soldier captured by Hannibal

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Bantius
Genitive	Bantiī Bantī1
Dative	Bantiō
Accusative	Bantium
Ablative	Bantiō
Vocative	Bantī

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

References

• “L. Ba'ntius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray