Tanusius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /taˈnuː.si.us/, [t̪äˈnuːs̠iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /taˈnu.si.us/, [t̪äˈnuːs̬ius]

Proper noun

Tanūsius m sg (genitive Tanūsiī or Tanūsī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Tanusius Geminus, a Roman historian

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tanūsius
Genitive	Tanūsiī Tanūsī1
Dative	Tanūsiō
Accusative	Tanūsium
Ablative	Tanūsiō
Vocative	Tanūsī

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

Derived terms

• Tanūsia

References

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