Eutropius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek εὔτροπος (eútropos, “morally good”) + -ius (masculine name suffix), the former from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + τρόπος (trópos, “way, manner”) + -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈtro.pi.us/, [ɛu̯ˈt̪rɔpiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈtro.pi.us/, [eu̯ˈt̪rɔːpius]
Proper noun edit
Eutropius m sg (genitive Eutropiī or Eutropī); second declension
- Flavius Eutropius (Roman historian)
- c. 390 CE, Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 29.1.36:
- […], Eutropius Asiam proconsulari tunc obtinens potestate, ut factionis conscius arcessitus in crimen, […]
Inflection edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Eutropius |
| Genitive | Eutropiī Eutropī1 |
| Dative | Eutropiō |
| Accusative | Eutropium |
| Ablative | Eutropiō |
| Vocative | Eutropī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “Eutropius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press