Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

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

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

Declension edit

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 edit

References edit

  • 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