Maroneus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ma.roːˈneː.us/, [märoːˈneːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.roˈne.us/, [märoˈnɛːus]

Etymology 1

Marōnēa (“a Thracian town famed for its wine”) +‎ -us (suffix forming adjectives)

Adjective

Marōnēus (feminine Marōnēa, neuter Marōnēum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the Thracian town of Marōnēa

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Marōnēus	Marōnēa	Marōnēum		Marōnēī	Marōnēae	Marōnēa
Genitive	Marōnēī	Marōnēae	Marōnēī		Marōnēōrum	Marōnēārum	Marōnēōrum
Dative	Marōnēō		Marōnēō		Marōnēīs
Accusative	Marōnēum	Marōnēam	Marōnēum		Marōnēōs	Marōnēās	Marōnēa
Ablative	Marōnēō	Marōnēā	Marōnēō		Marōnēīs
Vocative	Marōnēe	Marōnēa	Marōnēum		Marōnēī	Marōnēae	Marōnēa

Descendants

• English: Maronean

References

• “Mărōnēa or Mărōnīa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Marōnēus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Mărōnēa (-īa) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “951/2”
• Mărōnēus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 951/2.
• “Marōnēus¹” on page 1,080/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

From the Ancient Greek Μαρώνειος (Marṓneios), from Μάρων (Márōn), from the Latin Marō.

Adjective

Marōnēus (feminine Marōnēa, neuter Marōnēum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Maronian, Virgilian (of or pertaining to Publius Vergilius Maro [70–19 BC])

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Marōnēus	Marōnēa	Marōnēum		Marōnēī	Marōnēae	Marōnēa
Genitive	Marōnēī	Marōnēae	Marōnēī		Marōnēōrum	Marōnēārum	Marōnēōrum
Dative	Marōnēō		Marōnēō		Marōnēīs
Accusative	Marōnēum	Marōnēam	Marōnēum		Marōnēōs	Marōnēās	Marōnēa
Ablative	Marōnēō	Marōnēā	Marōnēō		Marōnēīs
Vocative	Marōnēe	Marōnēa	Marōnēum		Marōnēī	Marōnēae	Marōnēa

Synonyms

• (Maronian, Virgilian): Marōniānus

References

• “Măro¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Marōnēus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Maroneus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Măro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “951/2”
• Mărōnēus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 951/2.
• “Marōnēus²” on page 1,080/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)