Licinius
Latin
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editEtymology
editUncertain. Possibly from Licinus or licinus (“turned up, turned back”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”) in reference to a prominent figure's nose or hair, from Old Latin *lecinos, from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”) or from the common Etruscan name 𐌋𐌄𐌂𐌍𐌄 (lecne). There are numerous other examples of Latin nomina formed by adjusting the -inus suffix of a cognomen to end with -ius instead.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /liˈki.ni.us/, [lʲɪˈkɪniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /liˈt͡ʃi.ni.us/, [liˈt͡ʃiːnius]
Proper noun
editLicinius m sg (genitive Liciniī or Licinī); second declension
- a nomen, a Roman family name
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Licinius |
Genitive | Liciniī Licinī1 |
Dative | Liciniō |
Accusative | Licinium |
Ablative | Liciniō |
Vocative | Licinī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- Italian: Licinio
See also
edit- Gens Licinia on the English Wikipedia
References
edit- “Licinius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Licinius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 126.
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