Critonius
Latin
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kriˈtoː.ni.us/, [krɪˈt̪oːniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kriˈto.ni.us/, [kriˈt̪ɔːnius]
Proper noun
editCritōnius m sg (genitive Critōniī or Critōnī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Lucius Critonius, a Roman aedilis
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Critōnius |
Genitive | Critōniī Critōnī1 |
Dative | Critōniō |
Accusative | Critōnium |
Ablative | Critōniō |
Vocative | Critōnī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
edit- “L. Critonius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray