Egnatius

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. A collateral form of Ignātius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eɡˈnaː.ti.us/, [ɛŋˈnäːt̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eɲˈɲat.t͡si.us/, [eɲˈɲät̪ː͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Egnātius m sg (genitive Egnātiī or Egnātī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Publius Egnatius Celer, a Roman philosopher

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Egnātius
Genitive	Egnātiī Egnātī1
Dative	Egnātiō
Accusative	Egnātium
Ablative	Egnātiō
Vocative	Egnātī

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

Derived terms

• Egnātia
• Egnātiānus

References

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