Camonius
Latin
editEtymology
editProbably related to camur (“bent, crooked”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kaˈmoː.ni.us/, [käˈmoːniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈmo.ni.us/, [käˈmɔːnius]
Proper noun
editCamōnius m sg (genitive Camōniī or Camōnī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
- Camonius Rufus, a friend and admirer of Martial
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Camōnius |
Genitive | Camōniī Camōnī1 |
Dative | Camōniō |
Accusative | Camōnium |
Ablative | Camōniō |
Vocative | Camōnī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
edit- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “Camonius”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 150