Plaetorius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
The gens is likely of Latin/Italic origin; compare laetus (“glad, cheerful”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /plae̯ˈtoː.ri.us/, [pɫ̪äe̯ˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pleˈto.ri.us/, [pleˈt̪ɔːrius]
Proper noun edit
Plaetōrius m (genitive Plaetōriī or Plaetōrī); second declension
- The name of a Roman gens, famously held by:
- Marcus Plaetorius Cestianus (a Roman praetor)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Plaetōrius | Plaetōriī |
Genitive | Plaetōriī Plaetōrī1 |
Plaetōriōrum |
Dative | Plaetōriō | Plaetōriīs |
Accusative | Plaetōrium | Plaetōriōs |
Ablative | Plaetōriō | Plaetōriīs |
Vocative | Plaetōrī | Plaetōriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Adjective edit
Plaetōrius (feminine Plaetōria, neuter Plaetōrium); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the gens Plaetoria
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | Plaetōrius | Plaetōria | Plaetōrium | Plaetōriī | Plaetōriae | Plaetōria | |
Genitive | Plaetōriī | Plaetōriae | Plaetōriī | Plaetōriōrum | Plaetōriārum | Plaetōriōrum | |
Dative | Plaetōriō | Plaetōriō | Plaetōriīs | ||||
Accusative | Plaetōrium | Plaetōriam | Plaetōrium | Plaetōriōs | Plaetōriās | Plaetōria | |
Ablative | Plaetōriō | Plaetōriā | Plaetōriō | Plaetōriīs | |||
Vocative | Plaetōrie | Plaetōria | Plaetōrium | Plaetōriī | Plaetōriae | Plaetōria |
Derived terms edit
- Plaetōriānus (“pertaining to Plaetorius”, adjective)
References edit
- “Plaetorius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Plaetorius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII (1897).