Umbonius

Latin

Etymology

From umbō (“boss of a shield”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /umˈboː.ni.us/, [ʊmˈboːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /umˈbo.ni.us/, [umˈbɔːnius]

Proper noun

Umbōnius m sg (genitive Umbōniī or Umbōnī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by:
   1. Umbonius Silio, a Roman governor of Hispania Baetica

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Umbōnius
Genitive	Umbōniī Umbōnī1
Dative	Umbōniō
Accusative	Umbōnium
Ablative	Umbōniō
Vocative	Umbōnī

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

References

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