Fonteius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fonˈteː.i.us/, [fɔn̪ˈt̪eːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fonˈte.i.us/, [fon̪ˈt̪ɛːius]

Proper noun

Fontēius m sg (genitive Fontēiī or Fontēī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Fonteius Capito, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Fontēius
Genitive	Fontēiī Fontēī1
Dative	Fontēiō
Accusative	Fontēium
Ablative	Fontēiō
Vocative	Fontēī

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

Derived terms

• Fontēia
• Fontēiānus

References

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