Plautius

Latin

Alternative forms

• Plōtius

Etymology

From Plautus (agnomen and cognomen) +‎ -ius (“-y”, adjective-forming suffix) or directly from plautus (“flat-footed; flap-eared”) +‎ -ius. Compare Laevus & Laevius and Plancus & Plancius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈplau̯.ti.us/, [ˈpɫ̪äu̯t̪iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplau̯t.t͡si.us/, [ˈpläu̯t̪ː͡s̪ius]

Proper noun

Plautius m sg (genitive Plautiī or Plautī); second declension

1. a nomen (nomen gentile), a Roman family name

   Marcus Plautius Silvanus

    

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Plautius
Genitive	Plautiī Plautī1
Dative	Plautiō
Accusative	Plautium
Ablative	Plautiō
Vocative	Plautī

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

Derived terms

• Plautiānus

References

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