Dossennus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Dorsennus
• Dossēnus

Etymology

Probably from dorsum (“back”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dosˈsen.nus/, [d̪ɔs̠ˈs̠ɛnːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dosˈsen.nus/, [d̪osˈsɛnːus]

Proper noun

Dossennus m sg (genitive Dossennī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen, famously held by:
   1. Dorsennus, a Roman comic dramatist

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dossennus
Genitive	Dossennī
Dative	Dossennō
Accusative	Dossennum
Ablative	Dossennō
Vocative	Dossenne

References

• “Dossennus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Dossennus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.