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Etymology

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Probably from Oscan.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Pescennius m sg (genitive Pescenniī or Pescennī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Pescennius Niger, a Roman emperor

Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Pescennius
Genitive Pescenniī
Pescennī1
Dative Pescenniō
Accusative Pescennium
Ablative Pescenniō
Vocative Pescennī

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

Derived terms

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References

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