Coponius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koːˈpoː.ni.us/, [koːˈpoːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /koˈpo.ni.us/, [koˈpɔːnius]

Proper noun

Cōpōnius m sg (genitive Cōpōniī or Cōpōnī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Coponius, a Roman praetor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cōpōnius
Genitive	Cōpōniī Cōpōnī1
Dative	Cōpōniō
Accusative	Cōpōnium
Ablative	Cōpōniō
Vocative	Cōpōnī

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

Derived terms

• Cōpōniānus

References

• “Coponius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Coponius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.