Plaetorius

Latin

Etymology

The gens is likely of Latin/Italic origin; compare laetus (“glad, cheerful”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /plae̯ˈtoː.ri.us/, [pɫ̪äe̯ˈt̪oːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pleˈto.ri.us/, [pleˈt̪ɔːrius]

Proper noun

Plaetōrius m (genitive Plaetōriī or Plaetōrī); second declension

1. The name of a Roman gens, famously held by:
   1. Marcus Plaetorius Cestianus (a Roman praetor)

Declension

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

Plaetōrius (feminine Plaetōria, neuter Plaetōrium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the gens Plaetoria

Declension

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

• Plaetōriānus (“pertaining to Plaetorius”, adjective)

References

• “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).