Mezentius
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Proper noun edit
Mezentius
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Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mezˈzen.ti.us/, [mɛz̪ˈd̪͡z̪ɛn̪t̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /medˈd͡zen.t͡si.us/, [med̪ˈd̪͡z̪ɛnt̪͡s̪ius]
Proper noun edit
Mezentius m sg (genitive Mezentiī or Mezentī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Mezentius |
Genitive | Mezentiī Mezentī1 |
Dative | Mezentiō |
Accusative | Mezentium |
Ablative | Mezentiō |
Vocative | Mezentī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Further reading edit
- Mezentius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Mezentius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press