Mestrius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmes.tri.us/, [ˈmɛs̠t̪riʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmes.tri.us/, [ˈmɛst̪rius]
Proper noun edit
Mestrius m sg (genitive Mestriī or Mestrī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Plutarch, a Greek biographer who took the Roman citizenship
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Mestrius |
| Genitive | Mestriī Mestrī1 |
| Dative | Mestriō |
| Accusative | Mestrium |
| Ablative | Mestriō |
| Vocative | Mestrī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Ancient Greek: Μέστριος (Méstrios)
References edit
- “Mestrianus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Mestrius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.