Saenius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsae̯.ni.us/, [ˈs̠äe̯niʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ni.us/, [ˈsɛːnius]

Proper noun

Saenius m sg (genitive Saeniī or Saenī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Lucius Saenius, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Saenius
Genitive	Saeniī Saenī1
Dative	Saeniō
Accusative	Saenium
Ablative	Saeniō
Vocative	Saenī

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

References

• “Saenius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray