Rabirius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /raˈbiː.ri.us/, [räˈbiːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /raˈbi.ri.us/, [räˈbiːrius]

Proper noun

Rabīrius m sg (genitive Rabīriī or Rabīrī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Rabirius Postumus, a Roman knight

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Rabīrius
Genitive	Rabīriī Rabīrī1
Dative	Rabīriō
Accusative	Rabīrium
Ablative	Rabīriō
Vocative	Rabīrī

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

Derived terms

• Rabīria
• Rabīriānus

References

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