Cossinius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kosˈsi.ni.us/, [kɔs̠ˈs̠ɪniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kosˈsi.ni.us/, [kosˈsiːnius]

Proper noun

Cossinius m sg (genitive Cossiniī or Cossinī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Cossinius, a Roman knight and friend of Cicero

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cossinius
Genitive	Cossiniī Cossinī1
Dative	Cossiniō
Accusative	Cossinium
Ablative	Cossiniō
Vocative	Cossinī

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

References

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