Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χρῡσόνῑκος (Khrūsónīkos), from χρῡσός (khrūsós, gold) +‎ νῑ́κη (nī́kē, victory) +‎ -ος (-os). Only attested directly in inscriptions, and attested indirectly in the word Thēsaurochrȳsonīcochrȳsidēs.

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Chrȳsonīcus m sg (genitive Chrȳsonīcī); second declension

  1. A masculine cognomen
    • 251 CE – 300 CE, CIL VI 01424 :
      Aurelia Soteris et Mussius Chrysonicus nutritores lactanei

Declension edit

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Chrȳsonīcus
Genitive Chrȳsonīcī
Dative Chrȳsonīcō
Accusative Chrȳsonīcum
Ablative Chrȳsonīcō
Vocative Chrȳsonīce

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