Photinus

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Φωτεινός (Phōteinós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰoːˈtiː.nus/, [pʰoːˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /foˈti.nus/, [foˈt̪iːnus]

Proper noun

Phōtīnus m sg (genitive Phōtīnī); second declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek
2. (so, especially) Photinus (the bishop of Sirmium, founder of a Christian sect, the adherents of which are called Phōtīniānī)
3. Saint Pothinus (Lyonnais martyr)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Phōtīnus
Genitive	Phōtīnī
Dative	Phōtīnō
Accusative	Phōtīnum
Ablative	Phōtīnō
Vocative	Phōtīne

Derived terms

• Phōtīniānī

References

• “Phōtīnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Phōtīnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,177/1.