Posidonius

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Posīdōnius, from Ancient Greek Ποσειδώνιος (Poseidṓnios).

Proper noun

Posidonius

1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Posidonius, an Ancient Greek polymath of the Hellenistic period, best known for his studies of philosophy.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ποσειδώνιος (Poseidṓnios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /po.siːˈdoː.ni.us/, [pɔs̠iːˈd̪oːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.siˈdo.ni.us/, [pos̬iˈd̪ɔːnius]

Proper noun

Posīdōnius m sg (genitive Posīdōniī or Posīdōnī); second declension

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek — famously held by:
   1. Posidonius, an Ancient Greek polymath of the Hellenistic period.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Posīdōnius
Genitive	Posīdōniī Posīdōnī1
Dative	Posīdōniō
Accusative	Posīdōnium
Ablative	Posīdōniō
Vocative	Posīdōnī

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

References

• “Pŏsīdōnĭus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pŏsīdōnĭus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,205.
• Posīdōnius in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung