Mezentius

English

Proper noun

Mezentius

1. (Roman mythology) The king of Caere and ally of Turnus.

Derived terms

• Mezentian

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mezˈzen.ti.us/, [mɛz̪ˈd̪͡z̪ɛn̪t̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /medˈd͡zen.t͡si.us/, [med̪ˈd̪͡z̪ɛnt̪͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Mezentius m sg (genitive Mezentiī or Mezentī); second declension

1. (Roman mythology) The king of Caere and ally of Turnus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mezentius
Genitive	Mezentiī Mezentī1
Dative	Mezentiō
Accusative	Mezentium
Ablative	Mezentiō
Vocative	Mezentī

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

Further reading

• 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