Memmius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmem.mi.us/, [ˈmɛmːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmem.mi.us/, [ˈmɛmːius]

Proper noun

Memmius m sg (genitive Memmiī or Memmī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Publius Memmius Regulus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Memmius
Genitive	Memmiī Memmī1
Dative	Memmiō
Accusative	Memmium
Ablative	Memmiō
Vocative	Memmī

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

Derived terms

• Memmia
• Memmiānus

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Μέμμιος (Mémmios)

References

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